41.   Scores of former militant guerrillas, after abandoning the fight against Indian rule, are contesting seats in the first state elections in the region for almost a decade.

42.   She said the candidate was contesting a seat in the Punjab provincial assembly on the ticket of the Pakistan Muslim League led by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

43.   She is contesting two seats for the National Assembly and one for the provincial Sindh assembly.

44.   The Frontier does not call itself a political party and will not contest electoral seats.

45.   The only independent, Levi Morton, a retired printer, is contesting a seat on Nevis.