KARACHI: Following to the resignation of Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, it is learnt from the reliable sources that Pakistan Peoples’ Party has finalised candidates for Senate seat where the names of former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain and Administrator Karachi Murtaza Wahab are among the top in the list.

According to sources, Party has finalised four names for Senate seat election from Sindh. Candidates include Dr Asim Hussain, Karachi administrator Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui, Waqar Mehdi and Dr Islamuddin Sheikh.

Sources said that Dr Asim Hussian and Murtaza Wahab candidates to run Senate election on a seat vacated by PPP’s Khokhar.

On November 10, PPP’s Mustafa Nawaz Khokar formally resigned as Senator. “I have formally tendered my resignation and added that I will try utmost to keep my freedom intact.”

 Meanwhile, ECP  notification said polling for vacant seat of Khokhar will take place on December 8 in Sindh Assembly.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 17 2022

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