ECP unveils Senate polls schedule today
Summary
According to sources, the polls supervisory body has decided to minutely securitize credentials of the candidates and has written letters the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Ministry of Interior in this regard. The ECP has already issued notification for appointing returning officers and polling staff for the Senate seats in the federal capital as well in each province. But the 28 seats it is likely to end up with will not be enough to dominate the 100-member upper house and the ruling party can expect encounter stiff resistance to persist as it tries to get its bills to sail through. This means two of the PTI’s staunchest political opponents and key constituents of the anti-government Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will almost match the ruling party in the upper house. Although this will prevent the latter from bringing in its own Senate chairman, it will still mean the PTI will have to convince both its allies and the opposition to pass even the simplest legislation.
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