ISLAMABAD: The details of political parties contesting the upcoming general elections and the percentage of tickets they have allocated to women candidates was published by The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued on Friday.
The list stated, 59 political parties have not considered women for general seat tickets. Whereas, a total of 304 women in total have been given tickets by 48 parties.
Among the 48, four parties: Allah Akbar Tehreek, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Samiul Haq (JUI-S), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Nazriati (PTI Ideological), and Pasban Pakistan, failed to meet the required criteria of allocating five percent of the tickets to women.
On the other hand,the Peoples Party Pakistan (PPP) was the only party that allocated the highest percentage of its total tickets to women compared to others,i.e., 43.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has issued 37, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 42, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) 6, All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) 8, Awami National Party (ANP) 14, Balochistan National Party (BNP) 3, BNP-Awami 2, Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) 8, and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) 33 general seat tickets to women.