LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday awarded tickets to 18 candidates for the upcoming by-elections, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. The by-elections are going to be held on 20 vacant seats of Punjab Assembly on July 17.
PTI will announce names of the candidates on remaining two seats PP-170 and PP-137 later. Shabbir Awan has been awarded ticket for PP-07, Hasan Aslam for PP-83, Irfan Niazi (PP-90), Ali Afzal Sahi (PP-97), Mian Muhammad Azam (PP-125), Muhammad Hawn Shawano (PP-127), Khurram Virk (PP-140), Mian Akram Usman (PP-158), Atif Chaudhary (PP-167), Nawaz Awan (PP-168), Maj. Samar (PP-202), Zain Qureshi (PP-217), Amir Iqbal Shah (PP-224), Izzat Javaid Khan (PP-228), Muazzam Jatoi (PP-272), Yasir Jatoi (PP-273), Qaiser Abbas (PP-282) and Saif Uddin Khoosa (PP-288).