Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday released final list of all national and provincial assemblies' candidates for general elections to be held on July 25. According to a statement issued by the PTI, the list has been released with Imran Khan's approval. Out of a total of 272 National Assembly constituencies, PTI has fielded candidates on 229 seats. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PTI has awarded tickets to 90 candidates out of total 99 seats.
Ali Muhammad Khan, who has been one of Imran Khan's staunch supporters, has been given the ticket from Mardan while the party has cancelled National Assembly ticket awarded to Ayesha Nazir Jutt from Vehari and awarded to Khalid Maqbool Chohan. The PTI has also awarded ticket to former federal minister and PML-N member Sikandar Hayat Bosan from Multan despite opposition from the party's workers in Multan.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his sons Zain Hussain Qureshi will be contesting from NA-156 and NA-157. Tahir Sadik has been assigned the task to contest on two constituencies of Attock. In addition, 79 candidates have been chosen to contest in Sindh on provincial assembly seats.
Three people, including Asad Umar, have been awarded PTI's ticket to contest from the capital city of Islamabad. The party has also chosen 11 candidates in the tribal areas.
The final list of candidates has been released after going through the review petitions for the tickets and the tickets on the remaining seats will be announced soon, party sources said.