Punjab by polls- PML-N rebels causing serious trouble for the party candidates in 4 constituencies
The former ticket holders of PML-N are contesting elections as independent candidates and posing serious challenge to PML-N candidates in by polls
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In PP-83, Khushab where former provincial minister and very
popular local figure Malik Asif Bha Awan has fielded himself against PMLN's
Ameer Haider Sangah. PTI has awarded ticket to Malik Hassan Aslam, the brother
of sitting MNA of PTI Malik Umar Aslam who belong to the family of a noted
political figure of past Malik Naeem Awan.
Malik Asif Bha served as Provincial Minister for Forest in
the cabinet of Shahbaz Sharif between 2013 and 2018. He got elected first as
independent MPA in 2002 while defeating Tiwanas, a famous group of Khushab and
remained associated with PMLQ. Later, in 2008, he won again as independent
candidate and joined PMLN and won the 2013 for the third consecutive time, that
time on PMLN ticket.
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He was the PMLN backed candidate in 2018 and contested against PTI ticket holder Ghulam Rasool Sangha but lost. In 2022, Ghulam Rasool Sangha, the sitting PTI MPA voted Hamza Shahbaz in the CM's election and faced disqualification after which the seat fell vacant.
In the 2022 by-polls, PMLN awarded ticket to his brother
Ameer Haider Sangha who is contesting against Malik Hassan Aslam of PTI and
Malik Asif Bha, the three times winner of this seat.
In PP-272 Muzaffargarh, Syed Haroon Bukhari is contesting
against his sister-in-law. PML-N candidate Syeda Zahra Basit is the wife of
Haroon’s brother, Syed Basit Bukhari MNA. Haroon Sultan Bukhari lost to his own
mother Syeda Zahra Batool Bokhari in 2018 elections while split in the family
brought mother and son against each other. Both the brothers Basit and Haroon
was in the PML-N before the 2018 general elections but parted way as Basit
joined PTI.
His mother Syed Zahra Batool who was PTI MPA voted for Hamza
Shahbaz and after her disqualification, the seat fell vacant where Basit has
fielded his wife on PML-N ticket and his brother Haroon is contesting as
independent candidate. Sardar Moazzam Khan Jatoi is the PTI candidate and the
split of vote between two Bukharis can benefit PTI in this constituency.
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In PP-228, Nazir Ahmed Baloch, a PTI dissident is now the PML-N candidate. He is from a known local family and faces first-timer and PTI man, Izzat Javed Khan, who is seen as a weak candidate. However, Syed Rafiaddin Bukhari, who was the runner-up in 2018 on the PML-N ticket and lost by just 3,000 votes, is now contesting as an independent candidate.
The split in the PML-N can benefit the PTI as former PML-N MNA
Siddique Baluch is opposing the PML-N candidate Nazir Baloch. Without a split and
divisions in the PML-N, it could have been an easy election to win for the
PML-N candidates.
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