A total of 170 candidates have filed their nomination papers in the ECP for the elections on 48 seats in the upper house of the Parliament. 29 candidates from Punjab, 39 from Sindh, 51 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 41 from Balochistan, and 10 from the federal capital Islamabad have submitted their details.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), and other departments have been contacted for assistance while the candidates have also been directed to bring along their party tickets.
The candidates can file appeals against acceptance or rejection of nomination papers on February 20 and the last date for disposing of these appeals is February 23.
The revised list of candidates will be published on February 24. The candidates can withdraw their nomination papers on February 25.
Polling on 48 seats will be held on the 3rd of next month at the Parliament House in Islamabad and the four provincial assemblies.
On the other hand, nomination papers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fozia Arshad and Federal Minister for Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh have been accepted.
The commission has also approved details of Deputy Chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwalla, Chief Secretary Sindh Sadiq Memon, and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders Sherry Rehman, Dost Ali Jaiser, and Palwasha Khan.
