As many as 131 candidates will be in the running for 48 senate seats today, as pre-poll electioneering reached its climax today amid frenzied jockeying among the contending parties.
There are 27 contestants from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for 12 Senate seats. Also, 32 competitors from Balochistan are eyeing to get 12 seats.
Fata has the highest candidates i.e. 36 contending for a meager four seats. while Sindh has the MQM/PPP joint candidates while Punjab is dominated by the PML-N.
Eight campaigners will hit the arena of Islamabad today aiming for two seats.
As regards the color of ballot papers, white color has been picked for ballots of general seats. Ballots have been tinged in pink for women seats. Whereas, light green color has been fixed for the seats of technocrats and ulema.
The ballot papers for minority seats will have yellow shade.
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