A neck to neck contest is expected between candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf former District Nazim Ishfaq Ahmad Khan Meenakhel and MMA candidate Maulana Muhammad Anwar for NA-36, Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
NA-36 constituency covers the whole of district of Lakki Marwat. The constituency was formerly known as NA-27 (Lakki Marwat) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-36 (Lakki Marwat) after the delimitation in 2018.
The local Political experts said that all the candidates are busy in elections campaigns but contest will be among PTI and MMA candidate.
In 2013 elections the seat was won by PTI candidate Col ® Amirullah Marwat while JUI-F candidate was the runner on the seat.
The political experts said that once again PTI and Mutahida Majlas Amal (MMA) candidate is expected to give tough time to each others. They said that both the political parties have strong affiliation at grassroots level among the people.
JUI-F leader Senator Maulana Attaur Rehman also approached the spiritual leader of Zakori family, Pir Mohammad Fawad Raza Zakori, in DI Khan to get his support for the MMA candidates in Lakki District.
Other candidates for NA-34 included Abdul Hayyat Khan Independent, Abdullah Independent, Ameer Nawaz Khan Independent, Ashraf Ali Khan Independent, Aziz Khan Independent, Gul Razan Shah Independent, Haji Jamil ur Rehman Nasir, Independent, Imran Nawab Independent, Imranullah Khan PML-N, Inamullah Khan PPP, Mansoor Kamal Marwat Independent, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Idress Independent, Najibullah Independent and Sher Afzal Khan Independent.
Head of Marwat Ittehad Group (MIG) Salim Saifullah Khan has decided to withdraw from election race on NA-36 . The political experts said that the decision was taken in order to keep the alliance between Marwat Ittehad Group and PTI intact.
