Polls race begins with naming of Senate hopefuls
Lists include names of bigwigs like ex-PM Yousuf Raza Gilani, Dr Hafeez Shaikh and Shibli Faraz
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ISLAMABAD:
Major political parties of the country – including the ruling PTI, the PML-N, the PPP and the JUI-F – have unveiled lists of their candidates who will take part in the upcoming Senate election schedule for March 3.
The candidates include bigwigs like former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was disqualified by the apex court on June 19, 2002 for contempt of court, PPP’s Farhatullah Babar and Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Shibli Faraz, the incumbent ministers for finance and information, respectively.