ISLAMABAD – There seems to be no end for the former Finance Minister IshaqDar’s trouble as now Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) decided to challengethe nomination papers of Ishaq Dar, PML-N candidate for upcoming Senateelections in March.

Ishaq Dar has been provided with the Senate Ticket while he is undergoing aserious corruption charge in the NAB Court.

PTI will point out that corruption case against Ishaq Dar is being heard byNAB court and in such situation he should not be allowed to run for Senatememership. PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry will lead a legal team to theElection Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and challenge the nomination papersof the ex-Finance Minister.

With nine of the PML-N Senators retiring in March after completing theirthree-year tensure, the ruling party has remained Dar as Senate candidate.

Dar submitted his nomination papers from Punjab where PML-N maintains heavymajority in the provincial assembly.

PML-N is likely to attain 25 more seats in the Senate with elections in theupper house due on March 3. Other PML-N leaders chosen for Senatetickets include Mushahid Hussain, Nuzhat Sadiq and Kamran Michael. MushahidHussain, who had resigned as PML-Q Senator and joined PML-N, is likely tobe a Senator from the ruling party this time.

PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s sister Sadia Abbasi will also contest Senatepolls from PML-N ticket. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on MediaAffairs Musadik Malik, PML-N London president Zubair Gul, Haroon Akhtar,ex-IGP of Sindh Rana Maqbool, Farooq Khan and Shaheen Butt are other Senatecandidates of PML-N.

Federal Minister for Communication PML-N MNA Hafeez will not contest in the2018 general elections after being given the Senate ticket.