ECP starts scrutiny of papers for Senate elections
National
February 18, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday started the scrutiny of nomination papers of the candidates for the Senate elections from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A total of 51 candidates have submitted nomination papers for the 12 seats of the Senate from the province. They include 22 for general seats, 13 for women, 11 for technocrats and five for minorities seats.
An ECP official on Wednesday said nomination papers of a number of candidates were cleared on the first day of scrutiny. The nomination papers of an independent candidate for the general seat, Malik Najab Gul, were rejected.
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Two held, arms and ammunition recovered in Bihar s Gaya ANI | Updated: Feb 06, 2021 11:30 IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], January 6 (ANI): Acting on a tip-off, Bihar Police on Friday conducted a raid and arrested two persons who were allegedly involved in arms smuggling from Gaya district.
Sikander Khan and Rehan Alam were arrested in the operation, the police said. After receiving information regarding an illegal arms consignment a team was constituted and a raid was conducted. Five pistols, 10 magazines and about Rs 61,000 in cash were recovered. Two people arrested, said a top police official.
The police have developed information regarding a wider network of arms smuggling racket and a kingpin has been identified who will be arrested soon, the police said.