Pakistan polls : Nearly 60 parties ditch women candidates

Islamabad, July 6 As many as 59 political parties in Pakistan have not issued general seat tickets to any women for contesting the upcoming general elections slated to take place on July 25.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued the points of interest of political gatherings challenging the expected decisions and the percentage of tickets apportioned to women candidates, reported Geo TV.

However 48 parties have issued tickets to a total of 304 ladies in total, the report cited the ECP, as saying.

Out of the parties who did field women applicants, four did not meet the prerequisite of dispensing five percent of the tickets to women.

As indicated by the report, these gatherings incorporate Allah Akbar Tehreek, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Samiul Haq (JUI-S), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Nazriati (PTI Ideological), and Pasban Pakistan.

Meanwhile, at 43, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) surfaced as the party which apportioned the highest percentage of its total tickets to ladies when contrasted with its associates.