{"id":30868,"date":"2024-03-27T17:57:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T12:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=30868"},"modified":"2024-03-27T17:57:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T12:57:40","slug":"pti-unveils-candidates-for-by-elections-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pti-unveils-candidates-for-by-elections-in-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI unveils candidates for by-elections in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) revealed its endorsed candidates for the upcoming by-elections in Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>PTI Punjab President Hammad Azhar announced the candidates through a post on social media platform &#8220;X&#8221; (formerly known as Twitter). Two candidates were named for National Assembly seats and seven for Punjab Assembly seats.<\/p>\n<p>Shehzad Farooq was nominated as an independent candidate supported by PTI for NA-119, the seat previously held by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. Additionally, Sardar Muhammad Hussain Dofra was announced as the candidate for NA-132 Qusur.<\/p>\n<p>Other PTI-backed candidates for Punjab Assembly seats include Hakeem Nisar for PP-22 Chakwal, Parvaiz Elahi for PP-32 Gujarat, Owais Qasim for PP-54 Narowal, Aijaz Bhatti for PP-139 Sheikhupura, Hafiz Zeeshan for PP-149, Monis Elahi for PP-158 Lahore, and Yousuf Meo for PP-164 Lahore.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur\">\u0636\u0645\u0646\u06cc \u0627\u0644\u06cc\u06a9\u0634\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u062a\u062d\u0631\u06cc\u06a9 \u0627\u0646\u0635\u0627\u0641 \u06a9\u06d2 \u062d\u0645\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u06cc\u0627\u0641\u062a\u06c1 \u0627\u0645\u06cc\u062f\u0648\u0627\u0631: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SwoA7ZiRR2\">https:\/\/t.co\/SwoA7ZiRR2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PTI (@PTIofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTIofficial\/status\/1772953352952819830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ihc-rules-in-favour-of-pti-grants-permission-to-hold-rally-in-islamabad\/\">IHC rules in favour of PTI, grants permission to hold rally in Islamabad<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>PTI stated that candidates for the remaining constituencies will be disclosed later. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has scheduled the by-elections for April 21, covering vacant seats in national and provincial assemblies, including six National Assembly seats, two each from KP and Balochistan assemblies, and 12 from the Punjab Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) revealed its endorsed candidates for the upcoming by-elections in Punjab. PTI Punjab President Hammad Azhar announced the candidates through a post on social media platform &#8220;X&#8221; (formerly known as Twitter). Two candidates were named for National Assembly seats and seven for Punjab Assembly seats. Shehzad Farooq was nominated as an independent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,2],"tags":[6173,733,13939,103,205],"class_list":["post-30868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-pakistan","tag-by-elections-in-punjab","tag-pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf","tag-by-elections-2024","tag-imran-khan","tag-maryam-nawaz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}