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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.
Peshawar
February 26, 2021
PESHAWAR: A number of candidates withdrew nomination papers on Thursday as the political parties finalised their contenders for the Senate elections from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to an official of the Election Commission of Pakistan, 16 candidates withdrew their nomination papers. There are now 25 candidates in the run from KP, including 11 for general seats, five each for the seats reserved for women and technocrats. Four contestants are flexing muscles for seats reserved for religious minorities.
Those who withdrew their papers for the general seats included former PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar, Dost Mohammad Mehsud who will now contest for the technocrat seat, PTI loyalist Najiullah Khattak, Nasrullah Wazir who is father of PTI MPA from South Waziristan, Naseerullah Wazir, Mohammad Rizwan, former MNA Hamidul Haq, Shakeel Afridi and Meena Khan Afridi. Most of them are from PTI and were hoping to get the party ticket to contest for the Senate sea
PHC issues notices in abduction case
National
February 13, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday issued pre-admission notices in a case of abduction of the citizen in the premises of Rustam Police Station.
A division bench comprising Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Naeem Anwar issued the notices. The counsel for the petitioner Nauman Kakakhel Advocate submitted to the bench that the brother of the petitioner was abducted on February 5 2019 when four alleged culprits had opened fire on him.
The counsel said the petitioner had filed a complaint against Senator Zeeshan Khanzada, his father former senator Khanzada Khan and other unknown culprits but Rustam Police did lodge the First Information Report against the accused.