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February 18, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started the scrutiny of nomination papers submitted by candidates for the March 3 Senate elections which will continue till tomorrow (Thursday).
A total of 170 candidates have filed their nomination papers with the ECP. These include 29 from Punjab, 39 from Sindh, 51 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 41 from Balochistan and 10 from the federal capital.
PPP s Sherry Rehman s nomination papers were accepted for the general seat and Palwasha Khan s for the women s seat.
The nomination papers of PPP s Saleem Mandviwala and Sadiq Memon have also been accepted.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah was at the Election Commission office along with PPP nominees Sherry Rehman, Palwasha Khan, Saleem Mandviwala, and other leaders contending for the upcoming senate elections. Sindh Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah, Saeed Ghani, and others were also present at the ECP office.
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Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho urged the federal government on Saturday to allow Sindh to procure a vaccine for the novel coronavirus as she criticised the Centre for a slow approach in ordering vaccines, cautioning that a delay on this front would make Pakistan a pariah country.
Talking about prime minister s aide on health Dr Faisal Sultan s statement that the federal government wanted to obtain the vaccine with the highest efficacy, Pechuho said: Look at other countries, are UK, US, Europe all rushing? Even African countries have started procurement. India has started vaccination, Turkey has started. You have been left behind in the race. [If] we continue to sit back, our people will get sick and die. You will become a pariah internationally. Like polio, [Pakistanis] will have to show a coronavirus vaccination certificate, it would become hard to travel.