Nawaz to decide on PML-N tickets in Lahore

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Following intense infighting among rival groups from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Lahore, all vying to influence selection of electoral candidates from the city, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has indefinitely postponed meeting of the newly formed central parliamentary board and declared that he would himself decide the fate of all applicants seeking party tickets from Lahore, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Source said Nawaz was dismayed by the internal wrangling in the party’s Lahore chapter and cancelled the board meeting due on Friday. They added that the PML-N chief spent the whole day in Raiwind on Friday, meeting only select leaders and keeping aspirants under suspense.
A promising candidate from Lahore told Pakistan Today that except the Sharifs, no one is sure of getting a ticket this time around. Sources said Nawaz will most likely contest from NA-120 while Shahbaz or Hamza seemed interested in NA-119.
There are several groups, all from Lahore, working at cross-purposes, ready to go to any extent against each other including lodging of cases. In Lahore, PML-N seems to have been hit not only by internal squabbling among rival groups, but protests to grab attention of the leadership before ticket distribution had also been witnessed.
In the previous elections Khwaja Saad Rafique was the main player in Lahore and was instrumental in getting tickets for several party workers from the city. His group is still the strongest in Lahore, not ready to ease their hold over the city. However, Nawaz seems fully prepared to break the hold of these groups and get a message across to signal that he is the ultimate leader in the party. Other groups are led by Pervez Rasheed while Hamza Sharif too has nurtured his own group.
Bloody clashes erupted a couple of days ago when Nawaz Sharif was presiding over the meeting of the parliamentary board to decide the fate of applicants from Lahore. Party workers staged protest against former Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Rana Mashood and former MNA Ayaz Sadiq.
Sources added the PML-N is still ready to share some seats with Jamat-e-Islami (JI) but the JI has not shown a very positive response. The JI has demanded five seats from Lahore, according to sources.
One candidate talking to Pakistan Today on condition on anonymity expressed dissatisfaction over the entire selection process. “The applicants were at the mercy of a local board constituted by Nawaz. Its members were mostly from Lahore with vested interests. Later, Nawaz formed a central board after these protests that comprised senior party leaders including Zafar Iqbal Jhagra, Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, Raja Zafarul Haq, Mushahidullah, Ishaq Dar and Shahbaz Sharif, against the wishes of the contending groups,” he said. This board, he added, never got time to contribute much in the selection process. Meanwhile, all eyes in the PML-N are set on Raiwind as announcement of tickets is expected at anytime.

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31 COMMENTS

  1. my great leadr will give ticket eny person its no mtter coz we will give the vote only my nwaz sharif INSHLLAH

  2. anyone can tell me who is the ticket holder of pml n in n,a 161 sahiwal ii ? plz msg me 03215555132

  3. Nawaz won the election the day he exploded the "device". Its the only guarantee of trust with us.

  4. ch muhammad ashraf is a strong canidate in all sahiwal canidates,
    Nadeem Sajjad ch
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  5. Malik Muhammad Rifiq Khar is stro candidate NA-177 muzaffar garah.

    Aftab Ahmed Malik

    • sory brother..MIAN KHALID AHMAD GURMANI is a strong candidate as compared to MALIK RAFIQUE KHAR…IF n-league give ticket to malik sb then it will be useless…..only RABBANI take benefit if malik got NAWAZ league ticket..

  6. SIR Mahar Rab nawaz luck is the famous worker of PML N.i am also a worker of PML N frm last 15 years.i strongly request to give him Party Ticket from PP-29.

  8. brahemarbany PP-29 ka ticket Mahar rabnawaz luck ko dy kr awam ki dali khawahish ko pora krye

  9. Sir plz bilal yaseen san ko ap mna ke he ticket dain na 120 ya na 118 say. He is an outstanding person

  10. No one can win without Mian rajab ali khan baloch from na.78 coz he is only one person which is admired by every person

    • This is only your thinking if PML N not given ticket to Safar Shakir than he will prtest as independent candidate and will easily win as the peoples of NA-78 are like him so much. Raja Ali is good person but his brother Ali gohar is badely effect him.

  14. Safdar Shakir will win this time from NA-78 & PP-58 as he has decided to protest from both the seats. He is very good and pious man and sympethic for his people. Not a Looter or Borber.

  15. Moreover, as per the latest news the Raja Baloch is a Defaulter and PML N not interested to given him ticket and decided to given it to Safdar Shakir

  19. Our respectfull Mr Nawaz\Shahbaz shareef ! My request is ;please give the ticket of halqa pp-151 to Mr .Abdul Jabbar Hanif ,He is an honest person ,thankx from Moon market ,A.I.T ,Lahore .

  20. In Sha Allah pir Ehsan-ul-Haq he N/A 161 k strong candidate hain, q k os insan ne party ke khatir bohat qurbani den hain

  21. ch muhammad ashraf aik strong candidates hay, i am also pml n party workers in sahiwal area NA161. hamary leaders ku chahiy kay strong candidates ku hi samnay laia jaiy, hamary area may ch ashraf hi hay jissy pml n winning candidate keh sakty hay, Nadeem Sajjad Ch

  22. Agr pp 29 se tickt rab newaz ko dia gea to p m l n pp29 mai or na 65 dono setey losse ho jae gi ku k rab newaz ki kar krdgi bhut loss rahi plz tick ka final kro

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