{"id":71139,"date":"2024-03-14T13:03:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/gillani-regains-senates-seat-from-islamabad\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T13:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:03:04","slug":"gillani-regains-senates-seat-from-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/gillani-regains-senates-seat-from-islamabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillani regains senate\u2019s seat from Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD: Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, the joint candidate of the ruling coalition, regained the Senate seat from the federal capital, ARY News reported on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As per the details, Yousuf Gillani bagged 204 votes, while his rival Chaudhary Ilyas Mehrban received 88 votes, while nine votes were rejected.<\/p>\n

The seat fell vacant following the victory of Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani as a Member National Assembly in the February 8 general elections from Multan.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, People\u2019s Party\u2019s Aslam Abro and Jam Saifullah returned elected on two seats of the Senate from Sindh.<\/a><\/p>\n

Winners Jam Saifullah bagged 58 votes and Aslam Abro 57 votes in the Senate election held at Sindh Assembly here.<\/p>\n

The polling concluded at the , in which 124 members of Sindh Assembly from a was total 162 members used their right to vote.<\/p>\n

PPP\u2019s 116 members and eight members of the Sunni Ittehad Council casted their votes.<\/p>\n

The MQM didn\u2019t participate in the Senate election, while Jamaat Islami also decided not to vote in the election.<\/p>\n

The voting for by-election on six vacant seats of the Senate held in the National Assembly and Sindh and Balochistan assemblies today.<\/p>\n

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