ECP issues retirement notification of 52 senators

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notification of the retirement of 52 senators from March 11 after completion of their tenure.
According to a press release, Chairman of Senate, Syed Nayyer Hussain Bukhari, of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians, Leader of the House Raja Muhammad Zafarul Haq of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Pervaiz Rashid would retire in March.
According to details, Saeeda Iqbal of PPPP, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain of PML-Q, Syed Zafar Ali Shah (PML-N), Muhammad Jehangir Badr (PPPP), Mushahidullah Khan (PML-N), Chaudhary Muhammad Jaffar Iqbal (PML-N), Begum Najma Hameed (PML-N), Syeda Sughra Imam (PPP), Professor Sajid Mir (PML-N), Muhammad Kazim Khan (PPPP), Baber Khan Ghouri (MQM), Abdul Haseeb Khan (MQM), Maula Bakhsh Chandio (PPPP), Islamuddin Sheikh (PPPP), Gul Muhammad Lot (PPPP), Dr Abdul Qayyum Soomro (PPPP), Saleem Mandviwala (PPP), Shirala Malik (MQM), Almas Parveen (PPPP), Farooq Hamid Naik (PPP), Rehman Malik (PPP), Muhammad Zahid Khan (ANP), Abdul Nabi Bangash (ANP), Haji Muhammad Adeel (ANP), Gulzar Ahmed Khan (PPPP), Waqar Ahmed Khan (PPPP), Sardar Ali Khan (PPPP), Haji Ghulam Ali (JUI-F), Farah Aqil (ANP), Farhat Abbas (PPP), Afrasiab Khattak (ANP), Adnan Khan (PPPP), Amar Jeet (ANP), Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan Nasir (PML-N), Abdul Rauf (PkMAP), Nawabzada Muhammad Akbar Magsi (independent), Mir Muhammad Yousaf (PPPP), Mir Muhammad Ali Rind (BNP Awami), Sabir Ali Baloch (PPPP), Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo (NP), Suruiya Ameeruddin (PPPP), Kalsoom Parveen (BNP Awami), Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri (JUI-F), Muhammad Hamayun Khan (independent), Heman Dass (JUI-F), Rashid Ahmed Khan (independent), Haji Khan (independent), Abbas Khan (independent) and Muhammad Idrees Khan Safi (independent).
The nomination papers would be filed to the concerned returning offices on February 12 and 13 during office hours while scrutiny of the nomination papers would be carried out on February 16 and 17 by 4pm.