Senate election: ECP starts scrutiny of nomination papers after deadline expires
Senate election: ECP starts scrutiny of nomination papers after deadline expires
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started scrutiny of the nomination papers after the deadline for submission of nomination papers for Senate elections has expired.
According to details, the first phase for Senate elections has been completed. Even on the last day for submission of nomination papers, 14 candidates from Sindh submitted their nomination papers today.
Today, nine candidates from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) submitted their papers. Federal Minister Faisal Vawda, Saifullah Abro, Haneed Lakhani, Hassan Bakhshi, Fiza Zeeshan, Sreena Adnan, Iram Butt, Mahmood Maulvi and Ashraf Qureshi submitted their papers.
On Monday, GDA president Sadruddin Rashdi submitted papers for the general seat while Hassan Bakhshi submitted papers for the technocrat seat.
Advocate Naeem Siddiqui submitted nomination papers of MQM Deputy Convener Aamir Khan while nine MQM candidates have already filed nomination papers.
PPP candidate Farzana Baloch has also submitted papers. So far, 13 PPP candidates have filed papers from Sindh.
Ali Junejo from Mirpur Khas filed papers for the general seat as an independent candidate. On the other hand, lawyers have filed a petition in the Election Commission against PPP s Senate candidate Palwasha Khan.
In this petition, Advocate Kamran Baloch has taken the position that Palwasha Khan’s vote was registered in Karachi after the release of schedule. Palwasha Khan is not a resident of Sindh therefore her papers should be rejected.
A total of one hundred and seventy candidates have filed their nomination papers with the Election Commission of Pakistan for the Senate elections.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, these include 87 nomination papers for general seats, 33 for Technocrats/Ulema, 40 for Women and 10 for Non-Muslims seats.
The Commission said 29 nomination forms have been received from Punjab, 39 from Sindh, 51 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 41 from Balochistan and 10 from the Federal Capital.
