Ishaq Dar, PM's sister named PML-N candidates for Senate elections
PML-N has also decided to give Senate tickets to Mushahid Hussain, Nuzhat Sadiq, and Kamran Michael
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – With the upcoming Senate elections in March, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) decided to re-elect Ishaq Dar as Senator for the three-year term.
PML-N listed the candidates for Senate elections 2018 with nine of their Senators retiring next month. The ex-Finance Minister had resigned from his position amid the corruption reference being heard by the NAB court and health concerns.
Other PML-N leaders chosen for Senate tickets include Mushahid Hussain, Nuzhat Sadiq and Kamran Michael. Mushahid Hussain, who had resigned as PML-Q Senator and joined PML-N, is likely to be a Senator from the ruling party this time.
PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s sister Sadia Abbasi will also contest Senate polls from PML-N ticket. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Media Affairs Musadik Malik, PML-N London president Zubair Gul, Haroon Akhtar, ex-IGP of Sindh Rana Maqbool, Farooq Khan and Shaheen Butt are other Senate candidates of PML-N.
Federal Minister for Communication PML-N MNA Hafeez will not contest in the 2018 general elections after being given the Senate ticket.
From Islamabad, son of ex-PM Muhammad Khan Junejo – Asad Junejo – will also be given Senate ticket apart from Mushahid Hussain. Sprititual healer Sabir Shah in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Mir Afzal Mandokhail in Balochistan will contest during Senate polls.
Babar Sarfraz Jatoi from Sindh has been picked by the ruling party as its Senate candidate.
