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\u2022 22 including Naqvi, Aurangzeb submit nomination papers from Punjab ISLAMABAD: Nominations for the 48 Senate seats up for grabs came as a bolt from the blue, with the ruling PML-N supporting \u201coutsiders\u201d and the PTI choosing hawks for the upper house elections scheduled for April 2.<\/p>\n Those who submitted nomination papers to send shockwaves within the party include former caretaker prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar<\/a>, former Punjab caretaker chief minister and sitting Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Finance Minister Aurangzeb Khan<\/a>, former adviser to prime minister Ahad Cheema, and Mustafa Ramday, son of former chief justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday.<\/p>\n The submission of nomination papers by these individuals were surprising for the public and disturbing for many in the party.<\/p>\n A PML-N leader told Dawn<\/em> on condition of anonymity that the decision to bring in outsiders at the cost of loyalists was shocking for many. \u201cThere is a strong resentment within the party over the decision,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He said the party this time deviated from the tradition of inviting applications from the candidates and all the arrangements had been made behind the scenes. He said prominent PML-N figures who have been ignored include Khawaja Saad Rafique, Rana Sanaullah, Khurram Dastgir and Javed Latif.<\/p>\n On behalf of ex-PM Kakar, Senator Danesh Kumar submitted the nomination papers for a general seat from Balochistan. The members of the Balochistan Assembly will on April 2 elect 11 senators \u2014 seven for general seats, two for women, and two technocrats.<\/p>\n Punjab<\/strong><\/p>\n In all, 22 candidates of different parties filed their nomination for Senate elections from Punjab until Saturday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said.<\/p>\n
\u2022 35 papers filed from Sindh, 42 from KP, 36 from Balochistan<\/strong><\/p>\n