Daily Times

PESHAWAR: After the appellate tribunal for the Senate election disposed of all petitions filed against candidates, the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chapter on Sunday issued its final list of contestants.

On Saturday, the Peshawar High Court’s Justice Mussarat Hilali, head of the appellate tribunal, dismissed all three petitions filed against the decision of the returning officer (RO).

The petition had challenged the RO’s decision to accept the nomination papers of three candidates, including Maulana Gul Naseeb and Mohammad Yaqoob Shaikh of JUI-F and Dilawar Khan of PML-N.

After the appellate tribunal’s decision, the ECP issued the final list of the candidates who will be contesting for the 11 seats of the upper house of parliament from KP. The election for 11 seats, including 7 general, two each for technocrats and women, will be held on March 3, according to the ECP’s schedule.

According to the final list, a total 32 candidates are contesting for these slots, including 18 candidates for general seats, 8 for women seats and 6 for technocrats’ seats.

The ECP spokesperson said that candidates can withdraw their nomination papers until today.

Published in Daily Times, February 19^th 2018.