Pak ECP releases list of nominees for Feb 8 polls

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finally released the list much-awaited list of contesting candidates, media report said. As per the Pakistan ECP, Jan 12 was the last date for withdrawal of candidature and publication of the revised list of candidates. However, it was delayed due to litigation. “On Feb 8, PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and PTI’s former provincial health minister Yasmin Rashid will face off in NA-130, Lahore, in a heated electoral battle. Sharif is also contesting from NA-15 (Mansehra) where the opponents include Gustasif Khan of the PTI and JUI-F’s Mufti Kifayatullah,” Dawn newspaper reported. Reports said that PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif will run from NA-123 (Lahore) and NA-132 (Kasur). In Lahore, he will face Afzaal Azeem of the PTI and Liaqat Baloch of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI).