Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)’s 10 candidates for the Senate elections from Sindh submitted their nominations papers to the provincial Election Commission Office on Tuesday.
The candidates for general seats included Raza Rabbani, Saeed Ghani, Aijaz Dhamrah and Rashid Hussain Rabbani. Former federal finance minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Dr Karim Khwaja submitted their papers for the general and technocrat seats. Sehar Kamran and Shahida Rehman applied for the women seats and Hari Ram and Haresh Parwani for the minority seats.
They were flanked by Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Khuhro, Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq and scores of PPP activists.
Later, the chief minister told the media that the PPP is trying to get all Senate candidates elected unopposed so that political stability can be maintained.