{"id":80657,"date":"2024-05-29T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/interesting-contests-likely-for-five-na-seats-in-sialkot-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T19:53:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:53:00","slug":"interesting-contests-likely-for-five-na-seats-in-sialkot-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/interesting-contests-likely-for-five-na-seats-in-sialkot-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting contests likely for five NA seats in Sialkot | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Interesting contests are expected in the five National Assembly constituencies in Sialkot district on February 8.<\/p>\n

In NA-70, 71, 72, 73, and 74, there are 2,796,244 registered voters, including 1,503,792 male and 1,292,452 female voters. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will establish 1,809 polling stations, including 536 for males, 536 for females,\u00a0and 737 combined stations.<\/p>\n

There will be 4,477 polling booths, including 2,385 for male and 2,092 for female voters.<\/p>\n

In NA-70, Sialkot-I, 24 candidates area in the run, including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz\u2019s (PML-N) Chaudhary Armughan Subhani, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party\u2019s (IPP) Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Pakistan People\u2019s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Syed Ishtiaq Ul Hassan Gilani, Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan\u2019s (TLP) Muhammad Shahid, Pakistan Markazi Muslim League\u2019s Sohail Qaiser and independent candidates.<\/p>\n

There are 555,752 registered voters in the constituency, including 301,530 male and 254,222 female voters. The ECP will establish 363 polling stations, including 91 for male voters, 91 female and 181 combined, with 853 polling booths, including 449 for male and 404 for female voters.<\/p>\n

In NA-71, Sialkot-II, 18 candidates, including PML-N\u2019s Khawaja Muhammad Asif, PPP\u2019s Khawaja Awais Mushtaq, Jamaat-e-Islami\u2019s (JI) Dr. Tahir Mehmood Butt, TLP\u2019s Muhammed Aslam Bhatt and independent candidate Rehana Imtiaz Dar are in the election race.<\/p>\n

There are 577,281 registered voters, including 305,133 male and 272,148 female. The ECP will establish 358 polling stations with 955 booths, including 495 for male and 460 booths for female voters.<\/p>\n

In NA-72, Sialkot-III, 23 candidates, including PML-N\u2019s Ali Zahid, PPP\u2019s Nadeem Ahmad Awan, JI\u2019s Ghazanfar Ali Bajwa, TLP\u2019s Shujat Ali, Pakistan Awami Tehreek\u2019s Sohail Babar, Markazi Muslim League\u2019s Nabi Ahmad Virk and independent candidate Ghulam Abbas are in the race.<\/p>\n

There are 589,020 registered voters, including 320,186 male and 268,834 female, in the constituency.<\/p>\n

The ECP will establish 385 polling stations with 958 booths, including 517 for male and 441 for female voters.<\/p>\n

In NA-73, Sialkot-IV, 26 candidates are in the run, including PML-N\u2019s Nosheen Iftikhar, PPP\u2019s Rana Mehmood Ashraf, JI\u2019s Zulfiqar Ahmed, TLP\u2019s Tariq Maqsood, PAT\u2019s Ghulam Mustafa, PMML\u2019s Khalid Mahmmod Cheema, PTI-Nazariati\u2019s Tasawar Abbas, Pakistan Nazriyati Party\u2019s Waqar Qudoos and independent candidate Ali Asjad Malhi.<\/p>\n

There are 534,798 registered voters, including 287,754 male and 247,044 female. The ECP will establish 351 polling stations with 465 booths for male and 386 for female voters.<\/p>\n

In NA-74, Sialkot-V, 18 candidates, including PML-N\u2019s Rana Shamim Ahmed Khan, PPP’s Choudhry Ijaz Ahmad Cheema, JI\u2019s Qamar Zaman Cheema, TLP\u2019s Sajjad Hussain Shah, PMML\u2019s Zafar Iqbal, Muttahida Qomi Movement Pakistan\u2019s Mahrukh Mirza and independent candidate Muhammad Aslam Ghuman are in the run.<\/p>\n

There are 539,393 registered voters in the constituency, including 289,189 male and 250,204 female voters.<\/p>\n

Published in The Express Tribune, February 5th<\/sup>, 2024.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SIALKOT: Interesting contests are expected in the five National Assembly constituencies in Sialkot district on February 8. In NA-70, 71, 72, 73, and 74, there are 2,796,244 registered voters, including 1,503,792 male and 1,292,452 female voters. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will establish 1,809 polling stations, including 536 for males, 536 for females,\u00a0and 737 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/2421749-polling-1672467564-850-640x4801672470458-0\/2421749-polling-1672467564-850-640x4801672470458-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sialkot-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t