17 candidates in the run for 11 Senate seats of Sindh
As many candidates withdrew nomination papers on Thursday
PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Seventeen candidates from different political parties will be contesting the upcoming Senate election from Sindh, after the withdrawal of the nomination papers of as many nomination papers.
Of the contesting candidates, 11 belong to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), two to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as many to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and one each to the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
The candidates will contest the polls on 11 seats of Sindh in the Senate.
Among those whose nomination papers have been withdrawn, three are from the PPP, nine from the PTI, four from the MQM-P and one from the GDA.
A total of 170 candidates have filed nomination papers all over the country for 48 seats of the upper house of parliament. Photo courtesy Radio Pak/File
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