ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) tops the political parties awarding tickets to women on the general seats as general elections are around the corner.
The beleaguered party has awarded tickets to 21 female candidates across the country. Under the law, every political party is bound to implement the 5 percent quota for women candidates on general seats. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had on Sunday urged the political parties to ensure 5 percent representation of women on general seats for February 8 elections, in accordance with section 206 of the Elections Act, 2017.
All the political parties need to provide the ECP with the list of male and female candidates holding party tickets for general seats within a period of five days. Though the PTI is not bound to follow the law after the Supreme Court striped it of the election symbol yet it has the most representation for women than other parties on general seats.
The political parties, assigned symbols for the 2024 general elections, are bound to comply with Section 206 of the Elections Act, 2017, ensuring a 5 percent representation of women candidates on general seats.
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) has allotted six general seats tickets to female candidates including PML-N chief organizer Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Shazra Mansab Ali, Saira Afzal Tarar, Nosheen Iftikhar, Tehmina Doultana and Syeda Shehrbanu Bukhari.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) fielded Nafisa Shah and Shazia Marri as candidates for National Assembly general seats.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) issued a record National Assembly tickets to 21 women.
In Punjab, the party nominated former MNA Iman Tahir Sadiq from Attock; former MPA Seemabia Tahir from Rawalpindi; mother of former adviser to Prime Minister from Sialkot Usman Dar, Rehana Imtiaz Dar; former MNA from Lahore Alia Hamza Malik; former provincial minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid; Ayesha Nazir Jatt, daughter of former MNA Nazir Jatt from Vahari, Mrs. Talat Basra wife of Shaukat Basra from Bahawalnagar; Sidra Faisal from Kasur; Mehr Bano Qureshi, daughter of Shah Mahmood Qureshi from Multan; and former MNA Kanwal Shuzab from Bahawalpur.
The PTI also allotted National Assembly tickets to Mrs. Qamar Javed Waraich from Rahim Yar Khan (RYK); Mrs. Humira Ahmad Khan from Muzaffargarh; Mrs. Anbar Majeed Niazi, wife of ex-MNA Majeed Niazi from Layyah; former minister Zartaj Gul Wazir from Dera Ghazi Khan (D.I. Khan). The party also issued National Assembly tickets to Umbreen Malik from Khairpur; Hamida Masood Shah from Sanghar; Maherul Nasa Baloch from Tharparkar; Nazish Fatima Bhatti from Matiari; Rozeena Bhutto from Tando Allah Yar; Shabana Nawab Bajarani from Dadu and former MNA Shandana Gulzar was given ticket from Peshawar in Khyber0Pakhtunkhwa’s NA-30. IPP Firdous Ashiq Awan has been contesting elections from NA-130, Sialkot.
