Six parties field candidates for Senate from Sindh

KARACHI: The first phase of the submission of nomination papers for the Senate election has completed here on Thursday, election would be held on March 03.

Six political parties including Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement -Pakistan (MQM-P), Pak Serzameen Party (PSP), Pakistan Muslim League Functional (PML-F), Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have submitted 47 nomination papers for the 12 Senates seats from Sindh province.

Out of 47 nomination papers 23 have been submitted for 7 general seats, for that the PPP submitted 10, MQM (P) 7, PSP 4 and PML-F 01.

For the two women seats, total 9 nomination papers have been submitted, the PPP and MQM-P each submitted 4, PSP submitted 1 nomination paper.

11 nomination papers were submitted for two seats of technocrat/Ulema for that the PPP submitted 4 nomination papers, MQM (P) 5, PTI and PSP each submitted one nomination papers.

For the one seat of non-muslim, total 4 nomination papers have been submitted which includes PPP 2, PSP and MQM (P) each submitted 1 nomination paper.