Imran Khan To Perform Umrah Before General Elections

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Imran Khan to perform Umrah before general elections

Khan’s wife Bushra Maneka will also accompany him to Saudi Arabia

Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 9th June, 2018) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has decided to perform an Umrah before general elections.

According to sources, Imran Khan will leave for Saudi Arabia in two to three days to offer pilgrimage. Khan’s wife Bushra Maneka will also accompany him to Saudi Arabia.

The PTI chairman will come back to Pakistan after performing Umrah before Eid-ul-Fitr.

The PTI chairman has announced contesting elections from five Constituencies in the upcoming general elections. He will contest from three constituencies from Punjab and one each from Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The general elections are scheduled to be held on July 25.

The PTI issued lists of its contesting candidates for national assembly and provincial assemblies seats for the upcoming general election yesterday. According to the PTI central media cell statement issued yesterday, some 173 candidates were finalized for seats of the National Assembly while 290 candidates for provincial assemblies.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan will contest election on five seats of National Assembly including Islamabad (NA-53), Bannu (NA-35), Karachi (NA-243), Mianwali (NA-95) and Lahore (NA-131).

For Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, party tickets to 81 candidates for various constituencies have been issued so far while in Punjab, tickets for 165 constituencies have been issued.

Similarly, Names of 21 candidates have been announced for 21 constituencies of Sindh and 23 for Balochistan assemblies so far.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses