Tomorrow, bigwigs are vying for 14 NA seats as Pakistan is gearing up for the general elections after months of campaigning.
Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will be competing against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Attaullah Tarar on NA-127, Lahore.
The PPP chairman is aiming to emulate his maternal grandfather and Pakistan’s first elected prime minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, by winning the elections in Lahore.
On NA-130, former three-time prime minister and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif will be facing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed candidate Dr Yasmin Rashid, who is currently in jail in connection with May 9 riots cases.
A tough contest is expected on NA-123 between PML-N President Shehabz Sharif, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Liaquat Baloch, and Afzal Azeem.
Maryam Nawaz will be contesting the election against independent candidate Shehzad Farooq in NA-119, while Saad Rafique will be competing against PTI-backed candidate Sardar Latif Khosa on the NA-122 seat.
Istekham-e-Pakistan Party’s Abdul Aleem Khan will be contesting elections against Ali Aijaz on the NA-117 seat, while Hamza Shahbaz will be competing against PTI-backed candidate Aliya Hamza on the NA-118 seat.
On NA-120, PML-N’s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will be contesting against Usman Hamza, while IPP’s Awn Chaudhry will be competing against Salman Akram Raja on the NA-128 seat.