Schedule for elections on 52 Senate seats next month

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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce the schedule for elections on 52 Senate seats next month, an official told Dawn on Tuesday.

He said the polling day was likely to be fixed in the first week of March. Nomination papers for the elections have been printed and ballot papers will be printed after publication of the final list of candidates.

Elections will be held for seven general and four reserved seats from each province, including two each for women and technocrats, four seats from Fata, two from Islamabad and two minority seats.

The 52 members who are due to retire in March include Senate Chairman Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari, Deputy Chairman Sabir Ali Baloch, Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed, PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, National Party chief Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo, PML-N chairman Raja Mohammad Zafarul Haq, former interior minister Rehman Malik, former chairman of Senate Farooq H. Naek, former law minister Moula Bux Chandio, Jehangir Badr, Islamuddin Sheikh, parliamentary leader of MQM in the Senate Babar Ghauri, Afrasiab Khatak, Haji Adeel, Zahid Khan, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri, Mushahidullah Khan and Syed Zafar Ali Shah.

Published in Dawn, January 7th, 2015

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Iftikhar A. Khan is an Islamabad-based reporter for Dawn with over three decades of experience in journalism. He covers the parliament, the Election Commission of Pakistan, and the Interior Ministry.

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Khalil Anwer Hassan

Jan 07, 2015 11:19am

The PM and his PMLN have been eagerly waiting for this opportunity for achieving the brute 2/3rd majority which would fulfill the actualisation of Nawaz Sharif's dream of becoming the Amirul Momineen: something which he earlier tried to achieve through the 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution which cost him his government. Foot dragging on Judicial Commission proposed by PTI and buying time now as well as sympathy and support of the Army through the 21st Amendment, are likely to make him succeed, without opposition, in attaining his objective. Majority at the Senate, with the absence of PTI getting its fair share of Senators, would give him the ultimate majority in both houses to run or ruin the country at his entire discretion.

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Qamar

Jan 07, 2015 02:37pm

Senate 'election' is not really an election but a backdoor entry permit to bring those into 'Parlament' who would never be elected in a general election (if fair & free!!!).

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