LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and ex-Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif are at loggerheads regarding issuing a ticket to party’s stalwart Chaudhry Nisar to contest the upcoming general election on a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) seat. “PML-N supremo Nawaz is adamant to not issue a ticket to former interior minister Nisar,” sources said. “It has been recommended that if Nisar does not ask the party to issue him a ticket then he should not be given one,” sources further said. The sources said the party leadership mulled over applications submitted for Nisar’s seat while differences persist between Nawaz and Shehbaz over the matter. “The PML-N will announce party candidates for the national and provincial assembly constituencies for the general election scheduled for July 25 in two phases,” sources added. “The first announcement regarding ticket holders will be on June 10,” they upheld. “Around 70 percent of ticket holders will be those who were previously members of the national or provincial assemblies,” added sources. Published in Daily Times, June 10th 2018.