PDM decides to field tested political heavyweights for Senate Elections 2021

PoliticsPDM decides to field tested political heavyweights for Senate Elections 2021
  • Gillani, Naek, Sherry, Mandviwalla, Farhatullah among PPP nominees
  • PML-N re-nominates Mushahidullah, Pervaiz Rashid; JUI-F finalizes 10 candidates including Rehman, Haideri

By Hamid Khan Wazir

ISLAMABAD: Keeping the tradition alive, the major political parties of the opposition alliance called Pakistan Democratic Movement (PMD) including Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) have decided to field their tested political heavyweights for the upcoming Senate Elections 2021.

The opposition political parties re-nominated their top guns for the forthcoming Senate Polls instead of giving a chance to young candidates to give a tough time to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the Upper House of the Parliament because the majority of these veterans politicians couldn’t win in the general elections.

According to a statement issued on Friday by the Bilawal House, the PPP has issued tickets to 14 of its candidates including Sherry Rehman and Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla for the Senate Elections 2021.

The PPP has issued tickets to Taj Haider, Shahadat Awan, and Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar, apart from Mandviwalla and Rehman for Sindh’s general seats.

For the technocrat seat, tickets were issued to Farooq H. Naek, Karim Ahmed Khawaja, and Shahadat Awan, whereas for the women’s seat Palwasha Khan, Khairunisa Mughal, and Rukhsana Shah were nominated.

Also Read: Senate Elections to be held on March 3: ECP

In addition, PPP has issued tickets to Azeem-ul-Haq Minhas in Punjab and Senator Farhatullah Babar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the latter of whom was a joint candidate with the PDM.

Similarly, the PPP proposed former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani as its joint candidate with the PDM from Islamabad, the Bilawal House statement read.

Likewise, PML-N finalized its candidates for the Senate elections and decided to re-nominate former prime minister and party supremo Mian Muhammad Nawaz close confidants Mushahidullah Khan and Pervaiz Rashid.

The PML-N Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb also announced the names of the PML-N’s five candidates for the upcoming Senate Elections in a statement on Twitter. She said the local chapter of KP will later decide to nominate candidates for the Senate from the province.

Marriyum Aurangzeb further said that Azam Nazeer Tarar was awarded a Senate ticket from the party on the technocrat seat while Sadia Abbasi was selected for the women’s seat from the Punjab province.

Three candidates have been finalized on general seats from the Punjab province including Pervaiz Rashid, Mushahid Ullah Khan, and Sajid Mir.

Similarly, another major party of the opposition alliance JUI-F has also issued party tickets to 10 candidates for the upcoming Senate election.

According to the Party’s Spokesman Aslam Ghouri, on the general seats of Balochistan, the tickets were issued to Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and Khalil Ahmed Buledi while Kamran Murtaza and Asiya Nasir would contest Senate elections for the technocrat and women’s seats respectively. Heman Das has been awarded the ticket for the minority seat.

On the general seat of KP, the tickets have been issued to Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman and Tariq Khattak while Zubair Ali and Naeema Kishwar have been issued tickets for the technical and women’s seats respectively. Ranjeet Singh would vie for the minority seat of the province.

Mati
Mati
Mati-Ullah is the Online Editor For DND. He is the real man to handle the team around the Country and get news from them and provide to you instantly.

Must read

Recent News

“Ustad Bashiruddin- A Restrained Grace” and “Bleeding Borders”

“Ustad Bashiruddin- A Restrained Grace” and “Bleeding Borders”

0
Lahore, Pakistan: In connection with the celebrations marking 150 years of Mayo School of Arts and National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan, the opening...

Indus Shield-Chinese concluded

0
Monitoring Desk: Indus Shield-Chinese, a bilateral module of Exercise Indus Shield 2024, being conducted separately between Chinese and Pakistan forces has concluded at an...

Mushaal writes to Rahul Gandhi to save Yasin’s life

0
Islamabad, Pakistan: Mushaal Hussein Mullick, wife of jailed Kashmiri leader Mohammad Yasin Malik, has made a heartfelt plea to Rahul Gandhi, India's opposition leader,...
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Pakistan today on a two-day official visit and he will hold meetings with civil and military leadership of Pakistan. This is his first visit to Pakistan after Israel attacked Iran in response to Iranian attack on certain Israeli cities. His meetings with Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Deputy Prime Minister / Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar are confirmed. Foreign Minister Araghchi will hold consultations on the situation in the Middle East and Pakistan-Iran bilateral relations. This visit provides an important opportunity to advance cooperation and dialogue between Pakistan and Iran on a wide range of areas including trade, economic, energy and security.

Iranian FM Araghchi and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar showed commitment to work jointly in...

0
Islamabad, Pakistan: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar while addressing a joint presser showed their commitment to...

Active community engagement is central for stronger ties between Pakistan and the UAE, believes...

0
Islamabad, Pakistan: "One of the challenges we face is that a segment of people misuse tourist visas to seek jobs illegally, or, in some...
Advertisement