Muzaffargarh Gets Four Women Candidates for Elections

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Muzaffargarh: In a pleasant twist around local politics, four women are set to contest elections from different constituencies in the upcoming elections scheduled to be held on February 8.
Nazia Jamshed Dasti, wife of Jamshed Dasti, who has emerged as a potential candidate, is ready to contest as an independent candidate but potentially as PTI’s candidate in NA-176.
Shaesta Kanwal, another woman candidate, is also contesting independently from NA-175.
Former MPA Farooq Khar’s daughter, Nadia Farooq Khar, is a PTI-backed candidate from PP-277.
Shehrbanu, the daughter of former MNA Basit Sultan Bukhari, is contesting on a PML-N ticket from NA-177. His mother and wife of Basit Sultan Bukhari, Zahra Basit Bukhari, is contesting as an independent candidate from PP 274.
Expressing content on the increasing number of women’s participation, locals are of the opinion that it’s a manifestation of breakout self-confidence and political consciousness among women in the district of Muzaffargarh.