ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) today (Thursday) has announced that all candidates for the Senate election from Punjab were elected unopposed.
According to details, those elected included five candidates from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), five from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and one from the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).
Sources prior to the development informed that the candidates were elected after all challengers withdrew their nomination papers. The election commission said that official notification of the candidates who got elected will be issued on Friday.
Names of the candidates who were elected from Punjab: Azam Nazir Tarar (PML-N), Syed Ali Zafar (PTI), Dr Zarqa (PTI), Sadia Abbasi (PML-N), Sajid Mir (PML-N), Irfan-ul-Haq Siddiqui (PML-N), Ijaz Chaudhry (PTI), Aun Abbas (PTI), Saifullah Sarwar Niazi (PTI), Afnanullah Khan (PML-N) and Kamil Ali Agha (PML-Q),
Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari took to Twitter to congratulate candidates from the PTI who got elected unopposed. “Congratulations to our new Senators from Punjab,” she wrote.
The Senate polls will be held on March 3. According to the ECP schedule, polling will be held between 9am to 5pm. It is pertinent to mention here that 52 senators will retire on March 11; however, elections will be held for 48 Senate seats.
