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IHC seeks comments in petition regarding capital’s senate seats

April 22, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) sought comments from respondents in a petition seeking to declare domicile of federal capital as compulsory for the candidates contesting elections against the senate seats of Islamabad.

Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the petition filed by the former president IHC Bar Council Nayab Gardezi through his counsel Barrister S.M Yawar.

During the course of proceeding, the petitioner’s counsel pleaded that two seats of the upper house have been allocated for the federal capital.

The petitioner prayed the court to declare compulsory for the candidates, contesting senate elections against Islamabad’s seats, for holding a domicile from the federal capital.

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ECP issues schedule for Senate election in federal capital’s vacant seat

March 14, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a schedule for the elections of two Senate seats in the federal capital that became vacant after the expiration of term of the incumbent members on March 11, 2024.

Members of the National Assembly would elect senators on one general seat and one seat for technocrats, including Ulema, from the federal capital, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said.

According to an ECP notification, Saeed Gul, the Director General Training at ECP, would serve as the Returning Officer (RO) for Senate elections in the federal capital.

According to the schedule, nomination papers can be submitted at the Election Commission Secretariat during office hours, from 9 am to 3 pm on March 15 and 16.

The names of nominated candidates will be published on March 17. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on March 19.

The returning officer’s deadline to file appeals against the acceptance or rejection of nomination papers is March 21.

The tribunal is scheduled to dispose of appeals by March 25. Revised lists of candidates will be published on March 26. The deadline for withdrawal of candidature is March 27.

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Senate Elections: Candidates For 7 General Seats From Punjab Elected Unopposed

February 25, 2021 by Aizbah Khan

Candidates for 7 general seats of the Senate from Punjab were elected unopposed. According to the Election Commission of Punjab sources, the winners include 3 candidates from PTI, 3 from PML-N, while 1 candidate elected from PML-Q. Sources said that PTI’s Ejaz Chaudhry, Saifullah Niazi and Aun Abbas succeeded unopposed. PML-N’s Irfan Siddiqui, Prof. Sajid … Read more

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