The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has reportedly completed its list of candidates for the reserved seats for women in the Punjab Assembly.
The list was compiled following a recent Supreme Court ruling that allowed the party to secure reserved seats based on the general seats won by its candidates in the February 8 election.
PTI has drafted a list of 35 female candidates for the reserved seats, including recently freed social media activist Sanam Javaid and Dr. Yasmin Rashid, who is currently in custody. Despite this, the party is expected to secure only 24 of the reserved seats in the provincial assembly.
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The final approval of the list will be given by the founder chairman Imran Khan. Following is the complete list:
1. Tayyaba Ambreen
2. Naheed Niaz (Okara)
3. Abida Raja (north Punjab women wing head)
4. Saira Raza (north Punjab general secretary)
5. Azra Naseem (west Punjab general secretary)
6. Qurban Fatima (ex-south Punjab president)
7. Farah Agha (ex-MPA and Rawalpindi district head)
8. Firdous Rahna (ex-MPA and women wing VP)
9. Sadia Ayub
10. Ayesha Bhutta
11. Neelam Iftikhar Rao (Sahiwal chapter head)
12. Sara Ali Syed
13. Tanzeela Imran (Lahore women wing chief)
14. Rukhsana Raza Bano
15. Ruqia Bibi (Rajanpur district president)
16. Safia Javed (recommended by Moonis Elahi)
17. Aminah Badar
18. Bushra Saeed (DG Khan)
19. Amira Azhar
20. Aqsa Asim (Chiniot district president)
21. Shehla Mumtaz Niazi (Mianwali)
22. Maimoona Kamal (Islamabad)
23. Shireen Nawaz
24. Syeda Fatima Haider
25. Tehmina Riaz
26. Nelofer Ahmad Malik (Jhelum)
27. Maryam Kulsoom (daughter of Mahmoodur Rasheed)
28. Adeeba Nazar
29. Saima Noreen
30. Syeda Hina
31. Parveen Zaman
32. Shahmeen Shahid (recommended by Hammad Azhar)
33. Mrs. Bilal Warraich
In addition, the PTI has compiled a list of 14 candidates for the reserved women’s seats from Punjab in the National Assembly. The nominees include:
Meanwhile, the PTI has also prepared a list of 14 nominees for the reserved seats for women from the Punjab quota in the National Assembly. They are:
1. Kanwal Shauzeb (Women’s wing president)
2. Rubina Shaheen (General secretary)
3. Seemabiya Tahir (Ex-north Punjab president)
4. Farkhunda Kokab
5. Aaliya Hamza
6. Shahnaz Tariq (Interim Punjab president)
7. Dr. Misbah Zafar (General secretary Punjab)
8. Rubiya Jameel
9. Rehana Dar
10. Khadija Shah
11. Dr. Nosheen Hamid
12. Rabia Sultan Cheema (Wife of ex-governor Umar Cheema)
13. Farah Agha
14. Firdous Rehana
