Six persons were killed and six others were injured when a SUV rammed into a stationary truck in Telangana s Kamareddy district on Saturday, the police said.The accident occurred near the Jagannathpally Gate in Bichkonda mandal of the district .
Six persons were killed and six others were injured when a SUV rammed into a stationary truck in Telangana s Kamareddy district on Saturday, the police said.
23 in run as KP Assembly set to elect 12 senators today
National
March 3, 2021
PESHAWAR: Speculations and hobnobbing is at its peak as the members of provincial assembly vote today to elect members of the Senate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
As many as 23 candidates are in the run for the 12 seats of the Senate from the province after two contenders retired from the race on Tuesday. The polling will be held in the hall of the provincial assembly in Peshawar.
An official of the Election Commission of Pakistan said two candidates submitted applications for retirement from the contest. They include Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F)’s Tariq Khattak who was a candidate for the general seat and his party colleague Naeema Kishwar contesting for seats reserved for women.
A view of the Senate. APP/File
PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) here on Wednesday announced seat adjustment in the province for the upcoming Senate polls.
BAP has four lawmakers in the provincial assembly. They joined the party after winning elections from tribal districts as independent candidates.
Addressing a press conference in the civil secretariat, provincial government spokesperson Kamran Khan Bangash, Minister for Local Government Akbar Ayub Khan and BAP leader Bilawal Afridi announced the seat adjustment agreement.
Mr Bangash said that PTI would field five candidates for general seats from the province while for the sixth seat his party would support BAP’s Senator Taj Mohammad Afridi. He said that in return, BAP would support PTI candidates for female, technocrats and minorities seats.