Forty percent of the PAS candidates for the next general election will be young people, said PAS Youth chief Nasrudin Hassan.  

He said the names of the candidates, drawn from the Youth, Women's and Ulama wings, had been sent to the PAS central committee.

NONE "We (the youth machinery) are 99 per cent ready. The young candidates have been identified and have started campaigning in their respective constituencies," he told reporters here.

Nasrudin said PAS Youth felt that it was not necessary to postpone the general election in view of the intrusion by Sulu militants in Sabah.

"This is in accordance with the government's statement that the situation there (in Lahad Datu) is under control. We hope this will not be cited as an excuse to postpone the general election," he said.

- Bernama