17 candidates in the run for 11 Senate seats of Sindh
As many candidates withdrew nomination papers on Thursday
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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Among those whose nomination papers have been withdrawn, three are from the PPP, nine from the PTI, four from the MQM-P and one from the GDA.
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Senate elections: ECP issues revised list of candidates from SIndh
Pakistan
Wed, Feb 24, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The revised list of candidates for the upcoming Senate elections have been issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), according to Geo News.
The list mentions the names of three candidates each from the PPP and the PTI whereas one candidate each from the MQM-P and the TLP have been included.
The list features the names of three candidates of the PPP and the PTI each whereas one candidate of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan and the MQM-P.
The PPP s candidates mentioned in the revised list are Farooq H Naek, Shahadat Awan and Karim Khawaja. Hunaid Lakhani, Samar Ali Khan and Hasan Bakhshi are the PTI candidates that are mentioned in the revised list.
Election tribunal rejects appeal against PPP candidate
Petitioner maintained that the returning officer had ignored facts
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court s (SHC) election tribunal on Monday rejected an appeal filed by Sindh Indus Lawyers Forum against the approval of PPP candidate Palwasha Zai Khan s nomination papers.
The petitioner, Advocate Kamran Baloch, maintained that Khan transferred her vote from Punjab to Karachi overnight, which is a violation of Articles 220 and 226 of the constitution. He claimed that Khan did not belong to Karachi.
The advocate claimed that the objections raised on Khan s nomination papers were rejected without hearing. He moved the court to reject Khan s nomination papers and declare her ineligible for contesting the senate election.
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