Senate elections will be held on March 3 ECP

By Muhammad YaseenPublished On 06 Jan 2023

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday announced the schedule of Senate elections.

According to the ECP, the last date for filing of nomination papers is February 13 this will be followed by the scrutiny process for the nominations which will be completed by February 12 while the last date for filing of appeals against acceptance or rejection of papers is February 18.

The date for disposal of appeals is February 20 and the revised list of the contestants will be issued later on February 21 while the candidates can use option of withdrawal of candidature till February 22.

According to a notification, the commission has called upon the members of the provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan province to elect the senate seven members from general seats, two members from the seats reserved for women and two members for the seats reserved for technocrats including Ulema from each of province and one seats for non-Muslims each from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

It added these new members will be elected in place of the members of the Senate, who are due to retire after the expiration of their term of office on March 11, 2021.