Mustafa Khokhar’s Senate seat: ECP to receive nomination papers from Nov 18

KARACHI: The nomination papers for the election on the Senate seat from Sindh that fell vacant due to the resignation of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Mustafa Nawaz Khokar will be submitted to the returning officers (ROs) concerned from 18-22 November, ARY News reported.

According to ECP, candidates can submit their nomination papers from November 18, after which the scrutiny of the papers will begin on November 25.

The list of candidates submitting papers will be released on November 23 and the nomination papers can be withdrawn till December 3.

The polling for the vacant seat will take place on December 8 in the Sindh Assembly.

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On Nov.10, PPP’s Mustafa Nawaz Khokar formally resigned as senator. “I have formally tendered my resignation today,” Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar earlier said in a social media statement. “I am thankful for the support and positive reaction from the party,” Khokhar stated in his resignation letter.