KUALA LUMPUR: PAS plans to contest 160 parliament seats during the 14th General Election.

Its secretary-general Datuk Takiyudin Hassan said that the party will announce its candidates for state and parliament seats for the whole country, except Kelantan, on Thursday (April 19).

The PAS candidates for Kelantan will only be announced on April 25, said Takiyudin at a press conference here at the PAS headquarters here on Wednesday (April 18).

"Kelantan is still finalising the candidates' list," he said.

He added that PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang will announce the candidates himself for the seats in Sarawak and Sabah when he travels there this weekend.

He said that Abdul Hadi will announce the candidates for Sarawak on Saturday (April 21) and Sabah on Sunday (April 22).

Several candidates from other parties friendly with PAS will also contest under the party's banner, he added.