42 file nomination papers for Senate from KP

PESHAWAR: As many as 42 candidates on Saturday filed nomination papers for 11 seats in the Senate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

An official of the Election Commission of Pakistan said 25 candidates filed nomination papers for the seven general seats while 10 submitted forms for the seats reserved for technocrats/religious scholars.

Besides, seven females have filed their nomination forms for two seats reserved for women.

Those who submitted nomination papers for the general seats in Senate included Murad Saeed, Faisal Javed, Khurram Zeeshan advocate, Mirza Afridi, Azhar Mashwani, Irfan Saleem, Azam Khan Swati, Talha Mahmood, Asif Iqbal, Dilawar Khan, Noorul Haq Qadri, Taj Muhammad Afridi, Waqas Orakzai, Niaz Muhammad, Fazal Hannan, Masoodur Rehman, Shafqat Ayaz, Asif Rafiq, Mahmood Khan, Faizur Rehman, Muhammad Naseem, Sajjad Hussain, Ahmad Mustafa, Fida Muhammad and Attaul Haq.

Those who filed papers for the seats reserved for technocrats included Azam Khan Swati, Qazi Anwar advocate, Masoodur Rehman, Irshad Hussain, Noorul Haq Qadri, Dilawar Khan, Qaisar Khan, Waqar Ahmad Qazi, Hammad Mahmood Cheema and Fazal Hannan.

Among the females, who submitted nomination papers for a reserved seat in the Senate are Ayesha Bano, Rubina Khalid, Mehwish Ali, Rubina Naz, Shazia, Tahira Bukhari and Hamida Shahid.

Polls will be held on April 2 for seven general seats and two each seats reserved for women and technocrats/religious scholars in the Senate of Pakistan from KP.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which has a clear majority in KP Assembly, has finalised names of its candidates for the Upper House of Parliament according to which Murad Saeed, Irfan Saleem, Khurram Zeeshan, Faisal Javed and Mirza Afridi will contest for the general seats. In case of any technical issue Azhar Mashwani will be covering candidate for Murad Saeed.

Azam Swati and Irshad Hussain will be candidates for seats reserved for technocrats while Ayesha Bano and Rubina Naz will be contesting for the seats reserved for women.