Senate election: nomination papers, assets scrutiny continues

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Senate election: nomination papers, assets scrutiny continues

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The ECP is reviewing the papers submitted by the candidates along with the details of their assets.

16 February,2012 03:50 pm

A two-day scrutiny process of nomination papers submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for Senate elections is underway which will conclude on Friday.The appeals regarding objections would be disposed of on February 22 and 23 while finalised list of the candidates will also be announced on February 24.The ECP had received around 93 applications for 33 general seats, 29 applications for 8 women seats, 26 for nine technocrats and 18 for four minorities’ seats.Province-wise, 25 applications were received in Punjab, 32 in Sindh, 38 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 51 in Balochistan against 12 seats from each province.Fifteen nominations have been received against four seats for Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).Against two seats in the federal capital, the ECP received four nominations – PML-Q’s Mushahid Hussain Syed, PPP’s Osman Saifullah, PML-N’s Dr Mazhar Hussain Mirza and Muhammad Omar Mughal.