F.P. Report
KHYBER: As many as 127 candidates submitted their nomination papers for contesting the general election of one National Assembly seat (NA-27) and three Provincial Assembly seats (PK-69, 70 and 71) from district Khyber.
Including mainstream political parties including Pakistan Muslim League,Nawaz(PML-N),Pakistan People Party(PPP)Jamat-e-Islami(JI)Jamiat Ullema-e-Islam,FazalRehman(JUI-F)Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI),scores of independent candidates submitted their candidatures for competing of the up-coming general election to be schedule on 08,February,2024.
According to the District Election Commission 22 candidates tendered their candidatures for contesting NA-27.
In the same way 33 and 37 contenders submitted their documents for the provincial assembly seat, PK-69 and PK-70 respectively.
While 35 candidates filed their candidatures for competing election on PK-71.
In last election, district Khyber had two National Assembly seats (one for tehsil Bara and one for jointly tehsil Landi Kotal and Jamrud) however in fresh constituencies’ demarcation; Khyber has got only one NA seat and three provincial assembly seats, each for one tehsil.
It is to be mentioned here that in 2018 general election both the two National Assembly seats (NA-43,44)were won by the PTI while out of three provincial assembly slots(PK-105,106 and 107 two seats got Tehreek-e-Islahat Pakistan(PIT)while one PTI candidate succeeded from Bara.
