Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Wednesday officially announced the names of their candidates from Punjab for the upcoming election for the Upper House of the Parliament.

Earlier in the parliamentary board’s consultative huddle held at Punjab House on Tuesday night, the ruling PML-N finalised the names of candidates for the upcoming Senate elections to be held on March 03.

The parliamentary board meeting was held under the chairmanship of PML-N President Nawaz Sharif and attended by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Khawaja Asif, Saad Rafique, Hamza Shehbaz, Zahid Hamid, Ameer Muqam, Asif Kirmani, Pir Sabir Shah and Senator Pervez Rashid.

The candidates included Farooq Khan, Asif Kirmani, Rana Maqbool, Haroon Akhtar, Shaheen Butt, Zubair Gul, Musadiq Malik, Nuzhat Amir and Sadia Abbasi for women’s seat, Ishaq Dar for technocrat seat, Hafiz Abdul Kareem, Naseer Bhutta, Shakeel Awan and Irfan Daha.

Kamran Michael will be made Senator from the non-Muslim seat from Punjab.

Meanwhile, the senior leadership of Pakistan People’s Party has decided to nominate Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari as its candidate from two seats in the next general election, sources said Wednesday.

The youngest daughter of late former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former president Asif Zardari is expected to contest elections from Lyari and Tando Allahyar, respectively.

Aseefa has recently completed her master’s degree from the University College London in global health and development and is known for her work as Rotary International Ambassador for polio.

Sources added that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will also contest election on a general seat.

Published in Daily Times, February 8^th 2018.