27 Candidates In Run For Senate Elections From KP: ECP

Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published February 20, 2018 | 08:15 PM

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday finalized the names of 27 candidates from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to contest senate elections against 11 vacant seats, which is scheduled to be held on March 3.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Feb, 2018 ) :Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday finalized the Names of 27 candidates from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to contest senate elections against 11 vacant seats, which is scheduled to be held on March 3.

According to ECP, 14 candidates will contest for General seats, eight for women seats and five candidates were in the run for Technocrat seats.

It said five candidates on Technocrat seats included Dilawar Khan, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, Muhammad Yaqoob Shaikh, Moulana Sami Ul Haq and Nisar Khan.

Eight candidates for Women seats included Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli, Sobia Shahid, Rubina Khalid, Raeesa Daud, Shagufta Malik, Mehr Taj Roghani, Naeema Kishwar Khan and Naureen Farooq Khan. Similarly,14 candidates who were contesting elections on General seats included Bahramand, Khial Zaman,Syed Muhammad Sabir Shah, Abdul Latif Yousafzai, Ali Afzal Khan Jadoon, Fida Muhammad and Faisal Javed.