DERA GHAZI KHAN: NA-192 (DG Khan-4) consists of rural, mountainous and river areas. This constituency also includes seventeenth ward of Kot Chutha municipal committee. While most of the areas included in this constituency are traditionally influenced by the Leghari tribe, the tribal elders have invited Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif to contest the election from this constituency.
As per the details provided by the ECP, total number of registered voters in NA-192 are 295,364 that includes 169,847 male and 128,571 females. There are 657 polling booths for 231 polling stations, 377 of which are reserved for men and 280 for women.
Interestingly, former Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari has become the candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari is the first cousin of Leghari tribe chief Sardar Jamal Khan Leghari.
Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari is the son of the former federal minister Sardar Maqsood Khan Leghari. Sardar Maqsood Khan Leghari is a seasoned politician who fully understands the mechanism of local and national politics.
With the introduction of Shehbaz Sharif from the home constituency of Leghari tribe, a public debate has been triggered among locals who are divided into two factions.
The first group will not allow any outsider to compete in the election from this constituency while the second group sees the PML-N president as a guest and intends to honour him with a successful election.
While addressing a corner meeting, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari claimed that Shehbaz Sharif will win with at least a 50,000-vote lead.
Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) candidate Sardar Irfanullah Khosa, Ahmad Bux from Allah O Akbar Tehrik and Syed Munir Hussain from Tehrik Labaik Pakistan (TLP) are also contesting from this constituency. The significant feature of this constituency is that there is no independent candidate here.
Two Provincial Seats
PP-291
This constituency of the National assembly comprises two provincial assembly constituencies, PP-291 (DG Khan-7) and PP-292 (DG Khan-8). Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa’s grandson Sardar Mohiuddin Khosa is contesting from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ticket against PML-N candidate Sardar Mehmood Qadir Khan Leghari.
In 2013, Sardar Jamal Ahmad Khan Leghari was elected as a member of provincial assembly independently but later joined the PML-N.
Other candidates are Malik Ghulam Sarwar from PPP, Muhammad Rashid from TLP and six other candidates as per ECP.
Sardar Mohiuddin Khosa and Sardar Mehmood Qadir Khan Leghari are the frontrunners in the race but according to public circles, Mehmood Qadir is expected to win.
According to the ECP, the total numbers of registered voters are 163,847 that include 97,047 males and 72,801 females.
132 polling stations and 356 polling booths are allotted for the constituency, 208 which are reserved for males and 148 for women.
PP-292: LEGHARI VS LEGHARI:
PP-292 has become the focus of political observers as two cousins are contesting against each other. Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari (PTI) is competing against Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari (PML-N).
Other candidates are Ali Muhammad from PPP, Mehboob Ahmad from Pakistan Awami Raaj Party, Ghullam Murtaza and Muhammad Naeem as an independent candidate.
As per the details provided by ECP, total number of registered voters are 137,684 which include 80,129 male and 57,554 females. There are a total of 99 polling stations and 301 polling booths, 169 of which are for men and 132 for females.