Peshawar (Monday, July 14, 2025) – The Election Commission has released the list of candidates for the upcoming Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the Election Commission, polling for 11 vacant Senate seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be held on July 21, with 16 candidates contesting.

For the general seats, the candidates include Atta-ul-Haq from JUI-F, Talha Mahmood from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and Niaz Ahmed from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Independent candidates Murad Saeed, Azam Swati, and Noor-ul-Haq Qadri are also in the race for general seats. Other independent candidates include Faisal Javed, Mirza Muhammad Afridi, Muhammad Waqas, Dilawar Khan, Faiz-ur-Rehman, Irfan Saleem, Shafqat Ayaz, Khurram Zeeshan, Azhar Qazi, and Asif Rafiq.

The Election Commission further stated that for the two women’s reserved seats, there are four female candidates contesting: Rubina Khalid and Rubina Naz from the PPP, while Ayesha Bano and Mehwish Ali are running as independent candidates.

For the two technocrat and religious scholar (ulema) seats, there are six candidates, including Dilawar Khan from JUI-F. The other independent candidates are Khalid Masood, Irshad Hussain, Azam Swati, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, and Waqas Ahmed Qazi.