Asma Alamgir, the wife of the former federal minister Arbab Alamgir Khan is facing Noor Alam Khan of PTI, Haji Ghulam Ali of JUI-F and Shafie Akbar of ANP in election for National Assembly Constituency NA-27. The PML-N is in search of suitable candidate and has yet to issue ticket for the constituency.
The constituency is comprised of the areas included in the precious National Assembly Constituency NA-3 and NA-2. The constituency is comprising of the suburban localities and areas situated on Charsadda Road and Ring Road and never won consecutively by any political party. In the elections of 2002, Qari Fayyaz-ur-Rehman Alvi of MMA won it with Kiramatullah Khan Chagarmati of PPP as runner-up while in 2008, Noor Alam Khan, who was contesting on PPP ticket clinched it with a narrow margin against Hasham Babar of ANP. However, in last general elections, he cannot sustain the sway of PTI in the area and succumbed to Sajid Nawaz Khan. For the upcoming general elections the main contest is expected between Asma Alamgir and Noor Alam Khan of PTI. Asma Alamgir had remained as advisor to former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and present PPP women wing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
As the constituency is also comprising of the areas, which were included in the constituency of Arbab Mohammad Jehangir Khan, the father-in-law of the PPP candidate. Therefore, she is also expecting votes of the sympathizers and then supporters of political veteran Arbab Mohammad Jehangir Khan.
Chagarmati, a former Speaker of KP Assembly and Tehmash Khan are candidates from the provincial assembly constituencies that lay under the constituency. Two years, back, Tehmash Khan has given tough time to PML-N and PTI candidate in a by-election on the same provincial assembly constituency and had last with a narrow margin.
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