Meharban of the SIC and Gillani of the PPP will run for the Islamabad Senate seat.
Form 54 about the by-election candidates was provided by Zafar Iqbal, the returning officer.
On March 14 (Thursday), elections will be held in Islamabad, Sindh, and Balochistan for six Senate seats.
The upper chamber of parliament and the Sindh and Balochistan legislatures in Karachi and Quetta will hold polling on Thursday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, according to the election commission.
Following their election as members of the National Assembly and the provincial assembly of Sindh and Balochistan, senators resigned from their positions, leaving these general category seats empty in the federal capital, two in Sindh, and three in Balochistan.
Yousaf Raza Gillani was urged to give up Multan’s NA seat after the People’s Party chose to nominate him as their candidate for Senate chairman.
According to sources, Gillani will run for Senate chairman of the upper chamber and run for office on the People’s Party platform.
In addition, it is anticipated that fifty senators will step down on March 11 (today), having served their full six-year terms.
The first week of April is anticipated to see the election for the 48 open Senate seats. Senators are chosen by elected members of the national and local assemblies.