NA 71 and NA 72 Mianwali and Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Board of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has awarded party tickets to six candidates, including PTI chief Imran Khan, for the upcoming general elections.

All eyes would be on Mianwali as general elections approach as the PTI chief, Imran Khan, is going to contest the forthcoming election from his hometown.

Central leader of PTI Ayla Malik, who is incharge of PTI's election campaign for Mianwali, confirmed APP on Thursday that the Parliamentary Board had decided to award the party tickets to the Party Chairman Imran Khan for NA-71, Mianwali-I.

The PML-N has fielded Obaidullah Khan Shadikhel, from NA-71, to give a tough time to Khan.

Ayla Malik, the granddaughter of Nawab of Kalabagh, said that she would file her nomination papers as a covering candidate for Imran Khan from NA-71. While Dr Salahuddin Khan would be contesting polls from PP-44 and Jamal Ahsan Khan from PP-43, Mianwali and the party tickets have been finalised for both," she added.

"Moreover, the party ticket has been finalised for Amjad Ali Khan Niazi, who is the son of late parliamentarian Dr Sher Afgan Khan Niazi, for NA-72, Mianwali-II," said Ayla Malik.

She said that the former Punjab Minister Sibtain Khan would contest the election on PTI ticket from PP-46 while Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar would contest as PTI candidate from PP-45.

"With this dream panel, we will InshaAllah clean sweep the upcoming elections in Mianwali like other parts of the country," she said.

Last year Stats of Na 71

• Registered Votes330173
• Votes Polled167812
• Valid Votes162464
• Rejected Votes5468
• Percentage of Votes Polled to Registered Voters50.82%

Detailed Result

Contesting Candidates	Party Affiliation	Votes Polled
Amanatullah Khan Shadikhel.	Independent	73019
Inamullah Khan Niazi	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	2087
Muhammad Sardar Bahadar Babar Khan	Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians	4260
Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan	Independent	83098

NA 72

• Registered Votes307839
• Votes Polled165729
• Valid Votes160128
• Rejected Votes6286
• Percentage of Votes Polled to Registered Voters53.83%

Detailed Result

Contesting Candidates	Party Affiliation	Votes Polled
Inamullah Khan Niazi	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	44868
Haji Muhammad Khurshid Anwar Khan	Independent	17746
Hameed Akhtar	Independent	283
Humair Hayat Rokhari	Independent	49294
Dr.Sher Afghan Khan Niazi	Pakistan Muslim League	46931
Malik Subhoh Saddiq	Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan	1007