The Senate nomination papers for Zulfi Bukhari, Murad Saeed, Azam Swati, and Sanam Javed were not accepted.

The list of contenders for the April 2 Senate election has been made public by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Several leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have had their nomination papers rejected.

Punjab

Seven of the 21 candidates running for Punjab’s 12 seats had their papers rejected.

Due to his dual nationality—despite having tried to relinquish his British citizenship—Zulfi Bukhari’s nomination was denied.

Zulfi Bukhari has sent a letter to the British Interior and an application to ECP to renounce his British nationality.

Sanam Javed was ineligible as a result of his papers being rejected due to his joint account with his father.

In the meantime, the nomination papers of Farzand Hussain Shah, Raja Ansar Mehmood, Mohsin Naqvi, Interior Minister Ishaq Dar, and Rana Mehmoodul Hassan have all been approved.

KP

Of the 42 candidates who submitted nomination papers for Senate seats, 30 were found to be eligible, and 12 were not.

The nomination papers for general seats put forth by Murad Saeed, Ahmed Mustafa, Khurram Zeeshan, Masudur Rehman, Asif Iqbal, Muhammad Naseem, and Sajjad Hussain were turned down.

However, the applications for the technocrat seat submitted by Azam Swati and Dr. Hammad Mehmood Cheema were turned down. The nomination papers for Hamida Shahid’s women’s reserved seats were turned down.

The nomination papers for eight technocrat positions and sixteen general seat candidates have been accepted by ECP. Six nomination papers for candidates have been accepted for the women’s reserved seats.

Sindh

34 candidates submitted their nomination papers to the ECP; 17 were from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and 8 were from the MQM-P and PTI.

While MQM’s Najeeb Haroon’s nomination failed, independent contender Faisal Vawda’s papers were accepted.

Balochistan

Ten nomination papers—including those of Syedal Khan Nasir and Bilal Madokhel—were rejected out of a total of 28 submissions.

Candidates whose nominations were denied have till March 21 to file petitions before electoral tribunals, according to a notice from ECP.

The 48-seat Senate election schedule for March 14 has been released by ECP.