Campaigns come to end without manifesto

The candidates as such drive their campaign from the community point of view and not the political one. As far as mindset of the lawyers is concerned, it will remain uncompromising with the dictatorship.
As far as Lahore is concerned, independent political analysts say it is very hard to pick 16 winners out of 61 candidates. However, they guess only six or seven candidates of Hamid Group could win including Nasim Riaz Gorsi, Ch Zulfiqar Ali, Ghulam Sarwar Nihung, Ch Iqbal Ahmed, Ch Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan, Ch Muhammad Anwar and Muhammad Shahid Maqbool.
Burhan Moazzam Malik, who was topper in previous election, seemed to be in hot water mainly due to snobbish attitude while Ghazala Khan has also failed in picking up momentum during her campaign.
Political pundits have also criticised Professional Group strategy of giving 16 names for as many seats in Lahore. They thought Hamid Khan has left no room to negotiate with smaller groups. Had he left two or three seats open, his candidates might be in a better position to secure votes for small pockets. Arian group has also nominated nine candidates of which Chaudhry Babar Waheed, Noman Qureshi, Awais Qazi, Rai Bashir and Arshad Jahangir Jhoga are considered to be in commanding position.
Judicial Activism Panel headed by Muhammad Azhar Siddique along with other small groups have given 23 names for elections. They are Azhar Latif, Amjad Farooq Bismal, Arshad Jahangir Jhoga, Israr Elahi Malik, Azmat ullah Chaudhry, Ch Babar Waheed, Rai Bashir Ahmed, Ghazala Khan, Ghulam Murtaza Chaudhry, Ch Imran Masood, Shamim-ur-Rehman Malik, Mubariz Malhi, Ch Ishtiaq Ahmed, Maqsood Buttar, Mian Saeed, Shahid Maqbool Sheikh, Tahir Shahbaz, Mushtaq Mohal, Rana Nasarullah Khan, Noman Qureshi, Tahir Nasar ullah Warraich, Tayyab Ramzan Ch, Syed Zafar Abbas Gilani, Zahid Hussain Malik, Ch Zulfiqar Ali and Sardar Abdul Hameed Dogar.
This is the first PBC election after the launching and later success of lawyers’ movement; therefore, the candidates who have been supporting the movement are seen confident for their victory.