{"id":308274,"date":"2023-01-19T00:59:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=308274"},"modified":"2023-01-19T00:59:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:59:23","slug":"imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> LAHORE<br \/>\nPakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan will contest by-elections for all 33 National Assembly seats. National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf yesterday accepted the resignations of 33 PTI lawmakers.<br \/>\nThe PTI leaders met with Imran Khan in the chair to mull over measures. The meeting gave go-ahead to field the party chief for by-polls. Local lawmakers will run the election campaigns.<br \/>\nMurad Saeed, Omar Ayub Khan, Asad Umar, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Hammad Azhar, Shafqat Mehmood, Asad Qaiser, and Ali Zaidi are among the PTI bigwigs who have been denotified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after the speaker accepted their resignations.<br \/>\nAsad Umar told the media that the populist leader will be the party candidate for all these constituencies, calling it a symbolic election.  He claimed the resignations of all the PTI leaders have been accepted in fear of their return to the house, which according to him is a real threat to the coalition government. Last year, the ex-PM won six National Assembly seats for his party in a by-election. = DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan will contest by-elections for all 33 National Assembly seats. National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf yesterday accepted the resignations of 33 PTI lawmakers. The PTI leaders met with Imran Khan in the chair to mull over measures. The meeting gave go-ahead to field the party chief for by-polls. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-308274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LAHORE Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan will contest by-elections for all 33 National Assembly seats. National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf yesterday accepted the resignations of 33 PTI lawmakers. The PTI leaders met with Imran Khan in the chair to mull over measures. The meeting gave go-ahead to field the party chief for by-polls. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Lead Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-18T19:59:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\"},\"headline\":\"Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-18T19:59:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Top News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\\\/\",\"name\":\"Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-18T19:59:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"description\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\",\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Web Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/edt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats","og_description":"LAHORE Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan will contest by-elections for all 33 National Assembly seats. National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf yesterday accepted the resignations of 33 PTI lawmakers. The PTI leaders met with Imran Khan in the chair to mull over measures. The meeting gave go-ahead to field the party chief for by-polls. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/","og_site_name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","article_published_time":"2023-01-18T19:59:23+00:00","author":"Web Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_site":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Web Desk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/"},"author":{"name":"Web Desk","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62"},"headline":"Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats","datePublished":"2023-01-18T19:59:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/"},"wordCount":181,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Top News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/","name":"Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-01-18T19:59:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khan-to-contest-by-polls-for-all-33-na-seats\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Imran Khan to contest by-polls for all 33 NA seats"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","description":"Daily Lead Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization","name":"Daily lead Pakistan","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","width":1000,"height":154,"caption":"Daily lead Pakistan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DailyLeadPak","https:\/\/instagram.com\/DailyLeadPak\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62","name":"Web Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Web Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/author\/edt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308284,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308274\/revisions\/308284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}