The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the names of candidates who secured a win in the reserved seats for women and minorities in the National Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, The Express Tribune reported on Thursday.
seats each, while Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) has secured victory in one seatIn the five reserved seats in the National Assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have secured wins in two.
Members who have been nominated for the National Assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are: Shaheen Habibullah and Ghazala Anjum from PML-N, Naeema Kanwal and Asma Alamgir from PPP, and Naeema Kishwar Khan from JUI-F.
For the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, out of 21 reserved seats, JUI-F has won eight seats while PML-N secured win in six, PPP got one seat and Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P) each secured a win in one seat.
The JUI-F nominees for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly are: Nilofer Begum, Aimen Jaleel Jan, Rabia Shaheen, Naheeda Noor, Balqees, Arifa Bibi, Sitara Afrin and Madina Gul Afridi, The Express Tribune reported.
The PML-N nominees for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly are Jameela Piracha, Afshan Hussain, Amna Sardar, Faiza Malik, Shazia Jadoon and Farah Khan Advocate.
{{/usCountry}}The PML-N nominees for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly are Jameela Piracha, Afshan Hussain, Amna Sardar, Faiza Malik, Shazia Jadoon and Farah Khan Advocate.
{{/usCountry}}The candidates nominated by PPP include Mehr Sultana Advocate, Ashbar Jadoon, Shazia Tehmash, Sajida Tabassum, and Farzana Shireen. Nadia Sher was nominated by the PTI-P, while ANP nominated Khadija Bibi, The Express Tribune reported.
For the four reserved minority seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, JUI-F secured a win in two seats, PPP and PML-N won one seat each. The minority representatives include Suresh Kumar (PML-N), Askar Parvez and Ghorpal Singh (JUI-F) and Bahari Lal (PPP).