Senate Elections

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I think it’s most likely Noorani or Wasim Sajjad to be the head of Senate.

Have your say.

Source: Jang-Group

ISLAMABAD: **Elections to the Senate will be held on February 4 for the provinces and February 8 for Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and the federal capital (Islamabad).

[President General Pervez Musharraf approved the holding of Senate elections on these dates.**

The Election Commission will now issue schedule for these elections. The Senate will consist of 100 members.

Twenty-two members will be elected from each province, which will have 14 general seats, four reserved for women and four reserved for technocrats including ulema.

**Eight members will be elected from Fata, in a manner the president may prescribe. Twelve National Assembly members from Fata will be the electoral college for senators from Fata on February 8.

Islamabad will have four seats: two general seats, one woman and one technocrat.**

Each provincial assembly will be the electoral college for electing senators from the respective province, while four members of the Senate from Islamabad will be elected by the National Assembly which will meet on February 8.

The law provides that one of the two senators elected on the general seats from the federal capital will retire after three years, the other will complete his 6-year term.

The technocrat elected from the federal capital will retire after three years while the woman elected from there will serve for six years.

Of the women and technocrats elected by provincial assemblies half of them in each case will retire after three years, and the other half after six years.

Similarly, seven members from each province’s basic quota of 14 seats will retire after three years while the other seven will serve for 6 years. Four Fata senators will be retired after three years while the remaining four will serve for 6 years. The decision that who will retire after three years and who after 6 years will be made through draw, said a senior official.

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Looks like former Governor of Sindh, Muhammadmian Soomro could be Senate’s new Chairman. :slight_smile:

Soomro Likely to be Senate Chairman

ISLAMABAD: Former Sindh governor Muhammadmian Soomro is likely to be the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam (PML-QA)'s preference for the Senate chairman’s slot.

Soomro is also the choice of President General Pervez Musharraf, an informed official told The News. The president will give exemption to Soomro from the two-year ban on governors on contesting and holding public offices, the official said.

Soomro recently tendered his resignation from the gubernatorial office to make way for Dr Ishratul Ebad, nominee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, to assume the office. “Soomro has an unblemished career as banker and governor, and meets the requirements to become the Senate chairman,” a cabinet minister, privy to the decision, told The News. "He is a cool minded, composed person, who will be able to handle the Senate proceedings that are going to be animated in view of the formidable opposition, " the minister said.

Soomro will contest the Senate elections from Sindh on the PML-QA’s ticket and will win the seat easily because of the party’s hold. The minister said there was a strong possibility that Soomro would be elected unanimously because he was a non-controversial figure and he proved this during his incumbency as Sindh governor.

In some earlier cases, President Musharraf refused exemption from the two-year restriction on government servants to enable them to contest and hold public offices. The minister said by electing a representative from Sindh on one of the most important civilian offices, the smaller provinces would get even more share in the top federal positions. The Senate chairman becomes acting president of Pakistan in the absence of the president.

For weeks, Soomro remained undecided about contesting the October general elections. He was likely to continue as Sindh governor had there not been an agreement between the PML-QA and the Muttahida on the office as part of their coalition arrangement.

PML-QA’s influential lot has decided to sponsor Muhammadmian for the top Senate post. Till the time he remained the Sindh governor, his uncle, former National Assembly Speaker Illahi Bux Soomro, tried to have good relations with him. But the moment he stepped down Illahi Bux accused him of manipulating the elections in his Sindh constituency to ensure his defeat.

Muhammadmian did not react to his uncle’s tirade. However, his sister, Maleeha, harshly responded to rebut Illahi Bux’s accusation on his behalf. Within the PML-QA, Illahi Bux will try to block Muhammadmian’s nomination as the Senate Chairman. But, his voice might not be heard when Muhammadmian is also being supported by President Musharraf.

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maleeha is such a loser.the womans daughters were known to be "gashtees" while they were in opf in islamabad.also maleeha herself had a court case a few years back where she accused her cousins of trying to steal her lands that were not even in her name.ive seen her get drunk at social gatherings in islamabad and lahore..so how can anyone beliebe her when she doesent have any character?

the woman is a psyco..i wouldnt believe anything that she says.

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*Originally posted by Sherlock: *
maleeha is such a loser.the womans daughters were known to be "gashtees" while they were in opf in islamabad.also maleeha herself had a court case a few years back where she accused her cousins of trying to steal her lands that were not even in her name.ive seen her get drunk at social gatherings in islamabad and lahore..so how can anyone beliebe her when she doesent have any character?

the woman is a psyco..i wouldnt believe anything that she says.
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What u talkin' about?

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PT I think he's talking about Maliha Lodhi

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Sherlock: *
maleeha is such a loser.the womans daughters were known to be "gashtees" while they were in opf in islamabad.also maleeha herself had a court case a few years back where she accused her cousins of trying to steal her lands that were not even in her name.ive seen her get drunk at social gatherings in islamabad and lahore..so how can anyone beliebe her when she doesent have any character?

the woman is a psyco..i wouldnt believe anything that she says.
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Lodhi?!?!

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Thanks for clearing that up Zakk.

Btw, is Maleeha Lodhi going to be a Senate member?

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I'm not sure if she is contesting PT, senate seats need a lot of money, because you need votes from MPA's and many MPA"s make a lot of money by selling their votes.

She'd probably have to join PML(Q) because BB ain't happy with her after she became ambassador under Mush.

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If Maleeha Lodhi becomes a Senator, that would be great. But I'd rather love to she her working as a Human Rights Worker because we need people like her to go to the villages, poor people, who need basic medical facilities.

Though, it's Doc Shehba's choice what she really wants. She can do even more if she becomes a Senator. Btw, she worked as an Ambassador to USA from 1993-94 to 2001-02; almost 8-9 years.

Don't worry Zakk, if Maleeha wanna be a Senator, Mush's full backing will get her all the way. ;)

You know that by heart :D

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Tiger, you want someone like that to become a senator? really says something about your moral vlaues. :nook:

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Ahmed,

You believed whatever Sherlock said. :nook: So sad!

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Not necessarily Tiger, it’s not like one doesn’t know maleeha lodhi otherwise. But you are the fan Tiger, YOU should have challenged him which you didn’t.

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Bhai, If I started challenging every Guppy, then I’ve to sit to all day along on Gupshup. :hehe:

Let me play Arcade dude. :slight_smile:

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I wouldn’t mind it at all if you stayed all day long at Arcade rather than Gupshup. :slight_smile:

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*Originally posted by Ahmed: *

I wouldn't mind it at all if you stayed all day long at Arcade rather than Gupshup. :)
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Oh Gosh..............

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Senate elections is postponed

MMA urged, President of Pakistan, Musharraf for rescheduling the polls for Senate election and keeping in view the convenience of the intending candidates, who are proceeding to Saudi Arabia for performing Hajj.

In the end, MMA got it as Govt. accept their legimate Demands

Senate elections expected to be held in the last week of Feb.

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Here’s the full list of Candidates for Senate Elections.

Candidates for Senate

ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: **The 186 candidates, as listed by the Election Commission after withdrawals, who will vie for the 92 seats of the 100-seat Senate are as follows: **

  • PUNJAB (25): Twenty-five candidates are in the run for the 14 general seats from the province. They are Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Sajid Mir, Shaukat Aziz, Syed Sajjad Hussain Bokhari, Sardar Mohammad Latif Khan Khosa, Ihsanul Haq Piracha, Syed Wajid Hussain Bukhari, Pervez Kausar, Sajid Ali Naqvi, Javed Ashraf, Naeem Hussain Chattha, Mohammad Amjad Abbas, Shehzad Waseem, Kabeer Ali Atteq Riaz Wasti, Kamil Ali Agha, Dilawar Abbas, Tariq Azeem Khan, Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry, Rana Tanveer Husain, Mohammad Imtiaz Aqdas, Asif Akhtar Hashmi, Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, Mohammad Ali Durrani, Rahat Masood Quddusi.

  • SINDH (40): Ahmed Ali, Babar Khan Ghouri, Prof Mohammad Saeed Siddiqui, Javed Jabbar, Justice (retired) Abdul Razzak Thahim, Dewan Mohammad Yousaf Farooqui, Dr Safdar Ali Abbasi, Rana Safdar Ali Khan, Sayed Jalal Mehmood, Shah Ahmad Noorani Siqqiqui, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Abdul Latif Ansari, Abdullah (one name), Karim Ahmed Khawaja, Mohammad Amin Dadabhoy, Mohammad Enver Baig, Mohammad Arif Khan, Mohammad Abbas Komaili, Mohammadmian Soomro, Mohammad Numan Saigal, Munir Sultan, Mian Raza Rabbani.

Prof Mohammad Saeed Siddiqui, Syed Mahmood Hashmi, Abdul Karim Abid, Farooq Hamid Naek, Mohammad Abbas Kumaili, Mrs Tanvir Khalid, Nisar Ahmad Memon, Nafees Ahmad Siddiqui. Bibi Yasmeen Shah, Syeda Zahida Zaidi, Miss Seema Zarin, Mrs Rukhsana Zuberi, Mrs Shirin Farooqui, Mrs Abida Saif, Mrs Maliha Malik, Mrs Naila Latif, Mrs Nighat Mirza, Mrs Neelofar Syed.

  • NWFP (38): Syed Hidayatullah Shah, Maulana Samiul Haq, Syed Murad Ali Shah, Prof Khurshid Ahmed, Mohammad Azam Khan Swati, Sahibzada Khalid Jan, Maulana Rahat Hussain, Asfandyar Wali, Qazi Mohammad Anwar, Prof Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, Sardar Ali Khan, Engineer Fazal Hussain, Qazi Abdul Latif, Khalilur Rehman, Gulzar Ahmed Khan, Waqar Ahmed Khan, Fazli Qadar, Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan, Shuja-ul-Mulk, Asif Jan Khan, Sardar Mahtab Ahmed, Lt.-Col (retd) Inamullah Khan Wazir, Syed Mohammad Akram Shah, Ilyas Ahmed Bilour, Farhatullah Babar, Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, Syed Tanzeemul Haq Halimi, Dr Mohammad Said, Mohammad Saeed, Shaukat Ali Khan.

Dr Kousar Firdous, Mumtaz Bibi, Fauzia Fakhruzzaman Khan, Aneesa Zeb Tahirkheli, Dr Nargis Manzoor, Shaheen Sardar Ali, Ayesha Mumtaz Malik, Musarrat Mushtaq Kakakhel, Mumtaz Bibi.

  • BALOCHISTAN (40): Rahmatullah Kakar, Dr Mohammad Ismail Buladi, Mohammad Aslam Buladi, Mir Mohammad Yousaf Badini, Haji Liaquat Bangalzai, Sanaullah Baloch, Baloch Khan Mangal, Nawab Mohammad Ayaz Khan Jogezai, Mian Saifullah Khan Piracha, Mohammad Akram, Mohammad Sarwar Khan Kakar, Syed Azam Shah, Ayaz Khan Mandokhel, Mir Hussain Bukhsh Bangalzai, Mir Mohammad Nasir Mangal, Mohammad Khan Baloch, Raza Mohammad Raza, Mir Mohammad Ayub Jattak, Syed Inayat Shah, Kamran Murtaza, Amanullah Kanrani, Syed Mohammad Fazal Agha, Raza Mohammad, Saeed Ahmed Hashmi, Abdul Hakeem Baloch, Dr Jahanzeb Jamaldini.

Agha Pari Gul, Roshan Khurshid Bharucha, Kalsoom Perveen, Shereen Noor, Samina Raziq, Hasmeen Baloch, Dr Azizullah Satakzai, Sher Ali Mazari, Mir Wali Mohammad Badini, Ayaz Khan Mandokhail, Sardar Mohammad Hussain, Agha Faisal, Mohammad Ashraf Khan Tanoli, Moulvi Agha Mohammad, Shazia Shahjahan Khetran.

  • FATA (33): Maulana Asam-ud-Din, Mateen Shah, Mohammad Saleh Shah, Maulvi Abdur Rahim, Sardar Khan, Nasir Jamal, Abdul Quddoos, Tahir Iqbal, Mohammad Ayub, Syed Sajjad Hussain, Nusrat Amin, Noor Hassan Jan, Samiullah, Ghulam Raqeeb, Zakir Ullah, Syed Mohammad Hussain, Allauddin Bangash, Shaukatullah, Engineer Rashid Ahmed Khan, Abdul Malik, Abdul Wadood Afridi, Hussain Jan, Syed Mohammad Jawad, Said Jalal, Malik Khalid Naeem, Hameedullah Jan Afridi, Nasir Hussain, Sher Mohammad, Mohammad Ajmal Khan, Maulana Riaz-ud-Din, Hafiz Mohabat Khan, Mohammad Ihsanullah, Abdul Janan.

  • ISLAMABAD (10): Bashir Ahmed Malik, Javed Khalid, Prof Ghafoor Ahmed, Maulana Abdur Rauf, Mushahid Hussain Syed, Mrs Sofia Imtiaz, Mrs Tahira Latif, Farrukh Saleem, Mohammad Mazhar Qayyum, Wasim Sajjad.

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PML(Q) got her strong hold in the Senate.

PML-QA emerges as largest party in Senate

  • PML-QA— 32 seats.

  • MMA------ 17 seats.

  • PPPP------ 11 seats.

  • MQM------- 6 seats.

  • PML-N------4 seats.

ISLAMABAD: **The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam (PML-QA) bagged 32 seats in the Senate elections held on Monday for 88 seats allocated to the four provinces.

Eight members were already declared elected unopposed, and the elections were held for 80 seats, with PML-QA bagging 13 seats from the Punjab.

The ruling party and its allies have now 43 seats in the Senate. They are likely to improve their tally when the elections for 8 FATA and 4 Federal Capital seats would be held at the National Assembly building on February 27.**

Among those elected on the PML-QA ticket are stalwarts like Mohammadmian Soomro, Finance Adviser Shaukat Aziz, former ministers Javed Asharaf Qazi, Nisar Memon, and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Privatisation and Investment Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. :biggthumb

Renowned advocate SM Zafar and former Law Minister Dr Khalid Ranjha were already elected as unopposed. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal bagged 17 seats. The religious alliance president Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani is elected from Sindh, and a Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart Prof Khurshid Ahmed returned from the NWFP.

Pakistan People’s Party-Parliamentarians secured 11 seats. Its leaders Raza Rabbani, Farooq Naik, Dr Safdar Abbasi are among those elected. The PML-N bagged only four seats.

ANP President Asfandyar Wali returned as senator, as he set a good example of stepping down as party head when he lost elections on October 10. Ilyas Bilour also returned from the ANP platform.

The National Alliance bagged three, the PPP–Sherpao two and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement six seats. Four independent candidates who won would pick their party before the oath-taking of new senators.

Following is the list of returned candidates:

  • Punjab (General Seats): 1. Muhammad Ishaque Dar (PML-N), 2. Shaukat Aziz (PML-QA), 3. Tariq Azeem Khan (PML-QA), 4. Lt Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf (PML-QA), 5. Syed Sajjad Hussain Bukhari (PPP-P), 6. Muhammad Ali Durrani (National Alliance), 7. Kamil Ali Agha (PML-QA), 8. Naeem Hussain Chattha (PML-QA), 9. Dr Shazad Waseem (PML-QA), 10. Muhammad Amjad Abbas (PML-QA), 11. Syed Dilawar Abbas (PML-QA), 12. Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry (PML-QA), 13. Sajid Mir (PML-N), 14. Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa (PPP-P).

  • Punjab (Technocrats - unopposed): 1. Muhammad Akbar Khawaja (PPP-P), 2. S. M. Zafar (PML-QA), 3. Dr Khalid Ranjha (PML-QA), 4. Ch. Muhammad Anwar Bhinder (PML-QA),.

  • Punjab (Women - unopposed): 1. Saadia Abbasi (PML-N), 2. Gulshan Saeed (PML-QA), 3. Dr Nighat Agha (PML-QA), 4. Razina Alam Khan (PML-QA).

  • Sindh (General Seats): 1. Muhammad Amin Dadabhai (Independent), 2. Babar Ghori (MQM), 3. Justice Abdur Razzaq Tahim (PML-F), 4. Dr. Safdar Ali Abbasi (PPP-P), 5. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh (PML-QA), 6. Muhammad Mian Soomro (PML-QA), 7. Muhammad Abbas Komaili (MQM), 8. Mian Raza Rabbani (PPP-P), 9. Asif Jatoi (National Alliance), 10. Abdullah (PPP-P), 11. Ahmed Ali (MQM), 12. Shah Ahmed Noorani (MMA), 13. Abdul Latif Ansari (PPP-P), 14. Muhammad Enver Baig (PPP-P).

  • Sindh (Women): 1. Rukhsana Zuberi (PPP-P), 2. Bibi Yasmeen Shah (PML-QA), 3. Advocate Abida Saif (MQM), 4. Nighat Mirza (MQM)

  • Sindh (Technocrats): 1. Farooq Naik (PPP-P), 2. Tanvir Khalid (PML-QA), 3. Nisar memon (PML-QA), 4. Prof M Saeed Siddiqui (MQM).

  • NWFP (General Seats): 1. Muhammad Azam Khan Sawati (Independent), 2. Waqar Ahmed (Independent), 3. Gulzar Ahmed Khan (Independent), 4. Maulana Gull Naseeb Khan (MMA), 5. Shujaul Mulk (PPP-Serpao), 6. Prof Khurshid Ahmed (MMA), 7. Khalilur Rehman (PML-QA), 8. Syed Murad Ali Shah (MMA), 9. Syed Hidayatullah Shah (MMA), 10. Maulana Rahat Hussain (MMA), 11. Sahibzada Khalid Jan (MMA), 12. Prof Ibrahim Khan (MMA), 13. Asfand Yar Wali (ANP), 14. Sardar Mahtab Ahmed (PML-N).

  • NWFP (Women): 1. Anisa Zaib Tahirkheli (PPP-Sherpao), 2. Fauzia Fakharuzamman Khan (PML-QA), 3. Dr Kauser Firdous (MMA), 4. Mumtaz Bibi (MMA).

  • NWFP (Technocrats): Ilyas Ahmd Bilour (ANP, 2. Dr Mohammad Said (PML-QA), 3. Farhatullah Khan Babar (PPP-P), 4. Maulana Samiul Haque (MMA).

  • Balochistan (General Seats): 1. Mir Wali Muhammad Badini (PML-QA), 2. Dr Azizullah Satakzai (MMA), 3. Muhammad Sarwar Khan Kakar (PML-QA), 4. Mouhim Khan Baloch (BNP Awami), 5. Mir Muhammad Naseer Mengal (PML-QA), 6. Dr. Muhammad Ismail Buledi (MMA), 7. Ayaz Khan Mandokhel (PML-QA), 8. Advocate Rahmat Ullah Kaker (MMA), 9. Haji Liaqat Ali Bangulzai (MMA), 10. Sana Ullah Baloch (BNP-Mengal), 11. Nawab Muhammad Ayaz Khan Jogezai (PKMAP), 12. Muhammad Aslam Buledi (BNM) 13. Raza Muhammad Raza (PKMAP), 14. Muhammad Akram (PML-QA).

  • Balochistan (Women Seats): 1. Shereen Noor (National Alliance), 2. Roshan Khurshid Bharucha (PML-QA), 3. Kalsoom Perveen (PML-QA), 4. Agha Pari Gul (PML-QA).

  • Balochistan (Technocrats): 1. Kamran Murtaza (MMA), 2. Maulvi Agha Muhammad (MMA), 3. Saeed Ahmed Hashmi (PML-QA) 4. Amanullah Kanrani (JWP).

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Hmm some MPA's have become very rich in this election after supporting the Kings Partyy people. The Election Commissioner should resign if he has any shame (although that will never happen, people with self respect are never appointed to these positions in Pakistan).

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Pro-government = 44 seats

PML (QA) – 32 seats
MQM – 6 seats
NA – 3 seats
PPP (S) – 2 seats
PML (F) - 1 seat

Independents – 4 seats

Opposition = 40 seats

MMA – 17 seats
PPPP – 11 seats
PML (N) – 4 seats
ANP – 2 seats
PKMAP – 2 seats
BNM – 1 seat
BNP (A) – 1 seat
BNP (M) – 1 seat
JWP – 1 seat

These seems perfectly in line with what these parties representation in the Provincial Assemblies...and it's great to see the MMA get more than the PPPP and PML (N) combined. :)