ISLAMABAD, Mar 17 (APP):Four candidates inc
luding former finance minister Ishaq Dar are vying for the two vacant Senate seats from Islamabad.
According to the preliminary list of candidates, Dar is competing for a t
echnocrat seat as joint candidate of the ruling coalition.
Advocate Ansr Kayani represents the Sunni Ittehad Council as their candidate.
Rana Mahmoodul Hasan from the Peoples Party is vying for the general seat in Islamabad, while Farzand Hussain Shah is a candidate representing the Sunni Ittehad Council.
In the federal capital, National Assembly membe
rs will vote to elect Senate representatives, inc
luding one for the general seat and another for t
echnocrats, inc
luding Ulema.
Members of the four provincial assemblies will elect senators for seven general seats, two women seats, and two seats for t
echnocrats, inc
luding Ulema, from each province, along with one seat for non-Muslims from both Punjab and Sindh provinces.
The scrutiny of nomination papers for the elections on forty-eight vacant Senate seats is scheduled for Tuesday.
The updated candidate list will be released on the 26th of this month, and candidates will have until the 27th of this month to withdraw their nomination papers. Polling is scheduled to take place on the second day of the upcoming month.
