The ruling party may get 7 seats and the opposition 4, however, the opposition is still in a state of tension.
Peshawar: 26 candidates have come forward for 11 vacant Senate seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
There are 11 vacant seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the Senate, of which 16 are in the fray for 7 general seats, 6 for 2 technocrat seats and 4 for 2 women’s seats. Interestingly, old and new faces have entered the fray for the election.
Former federal minister, Azam Khan Swati, son of federal minister Amir Muqam, PTI’s shadowy leader Murad Saeed, and Benazir Income Support Program Chairperson Rubina Khalid have also submitted their papers.
After the announcement of members on reserved seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, the Election Commission has also issued an election schedule for the vacant Senate seats, on which polling will be held in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on July 21.
PTI’s nominated candidates for the Senate elections are participating in the election as independents. There are 16 candidates on 7 general seats, including Asif Rafique, Azhar Mashwani, Khurram Zeeshan, Dilawar Khan, Shafqat Ayaz, Irfan Saleem, Faisal Javed, Faizur Rehman, Muhammad Azam Swati, Muhammad Waqas and Kazai, Murad Saeed, Mirza Muhammad Afridi and Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri.
Niaz Ahmed PML-N, Muhammad Talha Mahmood PPP and Atta-ul-Haq Daresh are the JUI-F candidates. Similarly, there are 4 candidates on 2 women’s seats, including Rubina Khalid PPP, Rubina Naz, Ayesha Bano and Mehwish Ali Khan as independent candidates.
In addition, there are 6 candidates on 2 technocrat seats, including Khalid Masood, Syed Irshad Hussain, Muhammad Azam Swati, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri and Waqar Ahmed Qazi as independent candidates, while Dilawar Khan is the JUI-F candidate.
According to the number of seats, the ruling party can get a total of 7 seats, including 5 general seats, one woman seat and one technocrat seat. The opposition can win 4 seats, including 2 general seats, one woman seat and one technocrat seat, however, there is still a tug-of-war among the opposition over the seats.
