The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) questions the eligibility of former caretaker officials contesting Senate elections, citing Article 224(1B) of the Constitution. PTI-backed MNA Ali Mohammad Khan argues that caretaker officials cannot contest elections they supervised. However, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar disagrees, stating that Article 224(1B) applies to the first assembly elected after the interim set-up, not Senate polls. Former PTI leader Shireen Mazari criticizes the candidature of ex-caretaker officials, calling the upcoming Senate polls an “electoral circus.”
