Re: NA 55 bye elections Sheikh Rasheed is in the race
So you can see the condidates who filed their nomination.
53 candidates file papers for NA-55 by-polls
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Sunday, June 07, 2009
Khalid Iqbal
Rawalpindi
A total of 53 candidates submitted their nomination papers for contesting by-election from NA-55 Rawalpindi here on Saturday.
The candidates submitted their papers before the Returning Officer SM Tariq Qadri who is the district election commissioner.
Those who submitted their papers include **Sheikh Rashid Ahmed **(Awami Muslim League), Malik Amir Fida Piracha (PPP), Siddique-ul-Farooq (PML-N), Raja Ashfaq Sarwar (PML-N), Aijaz Ahmed Khan Jazi (PTI), Shahbaz Bhatti, Malik Muhammad Sultan, Shaikh Arslan Hafeez, Jalil Ahmed Malik, Malik Pervez Haider, Sardar Tariq, Zaib-un-Nisa, Malik Shahid Gafoor Piracha, Chaudhry Imran Ahmed, Dr Muhammad Kamal, Haji Gulzar Awan, Dabeer Ahmed Khan, Jamshed Akhtar Shaikh, Babar Sultan Jadoon, Haji Muhammad Javed, Qadeer Ahmed Abbasi, Dr Munawar Fayaz, Abdul Sattar, Ayub Ahmed Khan, Khaliq Hussain Bhatti, Shaikh Danish Iftikhar, Muhammad Ahmed Khan, Sardar Naseer Ahmed, Anwar Abbasi, Malik Muhammad Asif, Malik Shakeel Awan, Khurshid Qureshi, Syed Tanvir Hussain Shah, Muhammad Suleman Arif, Talib Qureshi, Akhtar Mehmood, Shaikh Muhammad Nasir Ali, Adnan Yaqoob, Shakeel Anwar Butt, Syed Owais Ali Wasti, Samina Jadoon, Hafiz Abdullah Butt, Shakil Ahmed Khttar, Malik Nazim-ud-Din Nazim, Barrister Abid Wahid Shaikh, Mirza Maqsood Baig, Mehr Ameer Muhammad Khan and Shahid Gull, Sardar Naseem, Chaudhry Shabbir Ahmed, Malik Akmal Mirza, Jamil Ahmed Mughal and Obaid Ahmed.
June 6, 2009 was the last date of submitting nomination papers. The returning officer announced that scrutiny of papers of candidates would be held on June 8 and 9. The final list of contestants would be displayed at District Election Commission office on June 18. By-election for NA-55 would be held on July 4. The polling would begin at 8:00 a.m. and continue till 5:00 p.m.
PML-N Haji Pervaiz Khan won the NA-55 seat in the general elections in 2008. However, PML-N Chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif disqualified him due to his involvement in an alleged fraud case.
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