Heavy weights to face off in NA-14 Kohat

Source The Frontier Post

Like the whole of Pakistan, in Kohat too, necessary arrangements for NA-14 have been completed by the District Election Commission, District Returning Officer and District Administration of Kohat. There are 409374 registered voters, out of which male 233544, female 175830 voters, total 378 polling stations are established, 76 are high sensitive, 116 sensitive and 186 normal. Total 1137 polling booths are established in 378 poling stations. Keeping in view the law and order situation, Army Quick Response ((QRF) force will be deployed in the high sensitive areas of Kohat. 
In Kohat, people of various castes such as Khattak, Afridi, Orakzai, Mohmand and Kurram Agency are residing. In the constituency of National Assembly (NA-14) Kohat, former District Nazim Seth Gohar Saif Ullah JUI(F), Former District Nazim Engineer Malik Muhammad Asad PML(N), Pir Dilawar Shah PPP, Khurshid Begum Saaed ANP, Qari Maulana Obaid Ullah Haidri MDM, Shehryar Afridi PTI, Muhammad Asif Bangash TTP,Sahibzada Pir Faheem JI, Muhammad Nawaz Bangash PMAP, Najeeb Durrani QWP, Najoomi Qadir Khan (Kabab Ferosh)MQM, and three independent candidates Malik Shamim Afridi, Dr. Ihsan and Nazia Zulfiqar will contest the general election 2013. Seth Gohar Saif Ullah candidate of JUI (F) is the son late Seth Saif Ullah, who was a well known social and political fihure of the area. His son is a young and energetic politician of the area and remained the District Nazim of Kohat earlier. 
On the other hand all the Religious Scholars (Ulamas), Taliban of Deeni Madaris, former Nazims and councilors of 32 Union Councils are also supporting him.
Thus the candidate of PML (N) from NA-14 Kohat, Engineer Malik Muhammad Asad has performed as District Nazim Kohat. He is highly educated and belongs to a notable family. He is the brother of late Malik Muhammad Saad (Shaheed) DIG Police and cousin of Malik Naveed Ex IGP. Engineer Asad is considered to be a very honest and good administrator. He has played a vital role in the establishment of BISE Kohat and Kohat University of Science & Technology (KUST). With this, Ex Minister for Law, a great leader of PML (N) Iftikahr Gillani, and the District leadership of PML (N), MSF President Rabeel, Vice President Ihtisham ullah Bangash will not leave him alone. The candidate of PTI PK38-II (Kohat), Shehryar Afridi is the son of Nadir Shah Afridi, ex MNA of PML(N). He is a well educated and a talkative young person. 
Earlier, he was with PML (Q) during Pervez Musharaf Ex-President and now he has to contest the forthcoming election under PTI flag. He has vote bank of youngsters but due to influences and vote bank of Engiineer Malik Asad and Gohar SiafUllah may cause to make it critical for Shehryar of PTI to get an easy win. Similarly, Khursheed Begum Saeed of ANP is also competing in equal lines with the other parties. For the first time a female candidate from kohat is contesting election. She had been MNA on reserve seat of women.
Establishment of Modern Bacha Khan Library in Company Bagh Kohat and construction of Kohat Press Club are also her achievements. However, owing to failure of provincial government of ANP, internal contradiction, rampant terror attacks on ANP election campaign are to effect her political activities but she is hopeful that people keeping in mind developmental project will be rewarded her in the shape of votes. Pir Dilawar Shah has resigned from ANP and now he is to contest election of national assembly from PPP. 
He is the claimer of doing many developmental works including construction of Khushal Garh Bridge mega project in Kohat during his previous regime. On the other side, in PK-38-II (Kohat) former provincial minister and Divisional President Syed Qalb e Hassan, candidate of PPP is also expecting his well wishers to vote for him. Thus a strong independent candidate Malik Shamim Afridi is also facing the election, who, no doubt, irrespective of the constituency PK-37-I (Kohat) also completed various projects of gas supplies, electricity, water supply schemes and establishment of Male/Female Degree colleges in PK-38-II(Kohat. In addition to it, by the efforts of Senator Abbas Afridi, construction of Oil Refinery in District Kohat with the expenditure of 700 million dollars will provide a helping hand to the mentioned candidate i-e Shamim Afridi. 
Besides establishment of Sweet Homes for orphans and a handsome grant of Rs.30000000/- to the hospitals of Kohat, is a big achievement of Senator Abbas and due to above stated reasons, Malik Shamim Afridi has to get credit of the achievement of his sons, is poseed to contest general election 2013 as independent candidate. Qari Obaid KUllah Haideri MDM, is also in the electoral field for the second time and expecting votes from SSP, Ishaat-i-Tauheed wa Sunnah, JUI Nazriati group, JUI(S). Pir Faheem of JI under the party policy, Muhammad Asif Bangash TTP (the nascent politically party) and independent candidates Nazia Zulfiqar, Dr. Ihsan, Badshah Gul and Sher Rehman will contest the election of national assembly from Kohat, whereas the candidate of MQM Najoomi Qadeer Khan is a marvelous incident. All the candidate are in action and stepped up their election campaigns by attending public masses, coroner meetings, executing motor cycles and cars rallies to show their political support. Let see what happens on the poll day of 11th May 2013 and who will be the winner.