LAHORE: As many as 33 independent MPAs and 12 MNAs of Punjab have joined PML (N) while six independent MPAs and three MNAs have decided to remain independent in the national and provincial assemblies.
As per an ECP document available with The News, the MPAs from Punjab who joined the PML (N) include: PP-35 Sargodha Ch. Faisal Farooq Cheema PP-38 Sargodha Sardar Bahadar Khan Maikan, PP-47- Bhakkar Ameer Muhammad Khan, PP-49- Bhakkar Ghazanfar Abbas Cheena, PP-50 Bhakkar Mohammad Aamir lnayat Shahani, PP-56-Faisalabad Rai Usman Khan, PP-61 Faisalabad Naeem Ullah Gill, PP-64-Faisalabad Zafar lqbal, PP-77 Jhang Khurram Abbas Sial, PP-83 Jhang Muhammd Aaun Abbas, PP-107 Hafizabad Syed Shoaib Shah Nawaz, PP-165 Sheikhupura Al Asghar Manda, PP-208 Lodhran Imran Habib Bhutta, PP-209 Lodhran Malik Sajjad Hussain Joiya, PP-210 Lodhran Muhammad Siddique Khan Baloch, PP-211 Lodhran Ahmed Khan Baloch, PP-212 Khanewal Muhammad Akbar Hayyat Harraj, PP-213 Khanewal Hussain Jahanian Gardezi, PP-232 Vehari Muhammad Yousaf, PP-237 Vehari Muhammad Naeem Akhtar, PP-242 D.G. Khan Javeed Akhtar, PP-244 D.G. Khan Syed Abdul Aleem, PP-245 D.G. Khan Sardar Muhammad Jamal Khan Leghari, PP-246 D.G. Khan Mehmood Qadir Khan, PP-252 Muzaffargarh Muhammad Zishan Gurmani, PP-253 Muzaffargarh Malik Ghulam Murtaza Rahim Khar, PP-255 Muzaffargarh Mian Alamdar Abbas Qureshi, PP-260 Muzaffargarh Muhammad Sibtain Raza, PP-261 Muzaffargarh Aamir Talal Khan, PP-266 Layyah Ishfaq Ahmad, PP-288-Rahimyar Khan Sardar Muhammad Nawaz Khan, PP-289-Rahimyar Khan Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, PP-291-Rahimyar Khan Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht.
The candidates who have decided not to join any political party include: Rawalpindi Ch Nisar Ali Khan, PP-48- Bhakkar Najeeb Ullah Khan, PP-58-Faisalabad Ehsan Riaz Fatiana, PP-168 Sheikhupura Ali Salman, PP-218 Khanewal Nawabzada Abdul Razzaq Khan Niazi and PP-249 Rajanpur Sardar Nasrullah Khan Drishak.
The court had issued a stay order in constituency PP-170 Nankana Sahib-I after which status of Tariq Mehmood is yet not decided while in PP-207 Lodhran-1, on the seat of Muhammad Amir lqbal Shah, recounting is in process.
The MNAs who have joined PML (N) from Punjab are: NA-74 Bhakkar Dr. Muhammad Afzal Khan, NA-90 Jhang Sahibzada Mohammad Nazir Sultan, NA-91 Jhang Najaf Abbas Sial, NA-108 M.B.Din Muhammad ljaz Ahmed Chaudhry, NA-154 Lodhran Muhammad Siddique Khan Baloch, NA-155 Lodhran Abdul Rehman Khan Kanjo, NA-156 Khanewal Muhammad Raza Hayat Hiraj, NA-169 Vehari Tahir lqbal Ch, NA-173 D.G. Khan-III Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, NA-180 Muzaffargarh-V Ashiq Hussain Khan PML (N), NA-188 Bahawalnagar-I Syed Muhammad Asghar, NA-194-Rahim Yar Khan-Ill Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar.
The MNAs who have submitted affidavits to ECP that they were not going to join any political party included: NA-59 Attock Muhammad Zain Ellahi and Jamshaid Ahmad Dasti from his both seats NA-177 and NA-178. Recounting is in process in NA-103 Hafizabad-II from where Liaqat Abbas had won the polls unofficially.