{"id":52632,"date":"2024-01-26T12:23:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T12:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/na-118-hamza-shehbaz-aliya-hamza-among-prominent-candidates-vying-for-this-lahore-constituency\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T12:23:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T12:23:05","slug":"na-118-hamza-shehbaz-aliya-hamza-among-prominent-candidates-vying-for-this-lahore-constituency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/na-118-hamza-shehbaz-aliya-hamza-among-prominent-candidates-vying-for-this-lahore-constituency\/","title":{"rendered":"NA-118: Hamza Shehbaz, Aliya Hamza among prominent candidates vying for this Lahore constituency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz is considered the strongest candidate in NA-118, Lahore constituency previously named as NA-124. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The constituency includes the walled city of Lahore.<\/p>\n

Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) candidate Shahid Abbas and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) backed Aliya Hamza Malik are other prominent candidates.<\/p>\n

PROMINENT CANDIDATES- NA 118 Lahore II<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Candidate Name<\/strong><\/td>\nParty<\/strong><\/td>\nElectoral Symbol<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muhammad Hamza Shehbaz<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nPML-N<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nTiger<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rizwan Zia Khan<\/strong><\/td>\nIndependent<\/strong><\/td>\nScrew<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shahid Abbas<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nPPPP<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nArrow<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aliya Hamza<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nIndependent\/PTI-backed<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nDICE<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muhammad Ijaz Malik<\/strong><\/td>\nPMML<\/strong><\/td>\nChair<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muhammad Shoukat<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nJamaat-e-Islami<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nScale<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abid Hussain<\/strong><\/td>\nTehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan<\/strong><\/td>\nCrane<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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In 2018 general elections, PML-N\u2019s Hamza Shehbaz conveniently won this seat (then termed NA-124) against PTI\u2019s Nauman Qaiser and TLP\u2019s Sumaira Naureen. He vacated the seat favor of membership in the Punjab Assembly. A by-election was held in the constituency, which saw PML-N loyalist Shahid Khaqan Abbasi securing a huge win over PTI candidate Ghulam Mohiuddin.<\/p>\n

Elections 2024 will be held in Pakistan on February 8, 2024 and a total of 175 parties and a huge number of independent candidates are contesting polls from different National Assembly and Provincial Assembly constitutencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n