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The ruling coalition on Tuesday swept the elections held on 19 Senate seats while polls were postponed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the dispute pertaining to swearing-in opposition members elected to reserved seats.<\/p>\n
Out of the 19 seats up for grabs today, the PML-N won six seats, the PPP won 11 while the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) bagged one seat, unofficial results showed.<\/p>\n
The PML-N\u2019s numbers in the 96-member House have now risen to 19 while the PPP\u2019s have risen to 24. It should be noted that the PTI has 20 members in the Senate.<\/p>\n
In a post on X, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated the successful senators and said the polls were a continuation of the democratic process.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is hoped that senators will play their role for the upliftment of the Constitution and the development of the country<\/p>\n
\u201cNewly elected senators should participate in effective legislation for public welfare and national development and prosperity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said, \u201cAll PML-N senators elected. Congratulations to all.\u201d<\/p>\n
She expressed hope that the senators would work diligently for the development of the country and the promotion of democracy.<\/p>\n
PPP Senator Sherry Rehman also congratulated her party\u2019s winning candidates, saying that there was a lot of work to do ahead.<\/p>\n
Elections were not held in Balochistan as lawmakers had been elected unopposed<\/a> on 11 vacant seats last month.<\/p>\n Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar won on a technocrat seat from Islamabad, garnering 222 votes with Sunni Ittehad Council\u2019s (SIC) Raja Ansar Mehmood coming in second with 81.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, PPP\u2019s Rana Mehmoodul Hassan secured 224 votes to win the general seat in Islamabad while PTI\u2019s Farzand Hussain Shah garnered 79 votes.<\/p>\n In Punjab, all seven candidates vying for the general seats in Punjab were elected unopposed<\/a> at the end of March. Today, polls were held on two women and technocrats seats each and one minority seat.<\/p>\n Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Petroleum Minister Musadiq Malik were successful on the two technocrat seats, garnering 128 and 121 votes, respectively.<\/p>\n In Punjab, PML-N\u2019s Anusha Rehman and Bushra Anjum were successful on two seats reserved for women, garnering 125 and 123 votes, respectively. PML-N\u2019s Khalil Tahir Sindhu was successful on a minority seat.<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters earlier upon his arrival at the Punjab Assembly, Aurangzeb \u2014 who was nominated by the PML-N for the technocrat seat \u2014 had expressed his \u201cfull optimism\u201d for being successful in the election.<\/p>\n Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmed Khan had also expressed the hope that the PML-N would win all the vacant seats from Punjab. He further said that coalition partner PPP was supporting his party in the elections.<\/p>\n In Sindh, the ruling PPP secured 10 of the 12 seats up for grabs. The remaining two were won by the MQM-P and an independent candidate.<\/p>\n On general seats, PPP\u2019s Ashraf Ali Jatoi (22 votes), Dost Ali Jessar (21 votes), Kazim Ali Shah (21 votes), Masroor Ahsan (21 votes), Nadeem Bhutto (21 votes) were successful.<\/p>\n MQM-P\u2019s Amir Chishti (21 votes) and independent Faisal Vawda (21 votes) also won from a general seat. A day earlier, the PPP had decided to withdraw one of its candidates<\/a> to support Vawda.<\/p>\n On the technocrat seats, PPP\u2019s Zamir Ghumro (58 votes) and Sarmad Ali (57 votes) were successful. PPP\u2019s Rubina Saadat Qaimkhani (57 votes) and Quratulain Marri (58 votes) won on two seats reserved for women.<\/p>\n PPP\u2019s Poonjo Bheel (117 votes) was also successful on a minority seat.<\/p>\n Prior to the polls, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shahhad expressed the hope for all PPP candidates to be elected to the Senate. Speaking to the media outside the Sindh Assembly, he said that Sarfaraz Rajar withdrew his nomination papers on the party\u2019s directives as the party was Vawda.<\/p>\n In an indirect reference to the PTI, CM Shah said that those who made tall claims about giving surprises in the Senate election finally retreated from the arena and boycotted the election from Sindh.<\/p>\n Polling in the NA and the provincial assemblies in Sindh and Punjab started at 9am and concluded at 4pm.<\/p>\n Ballot papers in four different colours were printed \u2014 white papers will be used for general seats, green for technocrat seats, pink for women, and yellow for minority seats.<\/p>\n The Senate had became dysfunctional on March 11 following the retirement<\/a> of 52 lawmakers.<\/p>\n Polling did not begin in KP at 9am as scheduled and around two hours later, was postponed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) \u201con account of delay of oaths of reserved seats\u201d.<\/p>\n Islamabad<\/h2>\n
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