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QUETTA: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) candidate Nusrat Shaheen has been elected unopposed a member of the Senate in the by-election on a vacant seat of the upper house of parliament from Balochistan.
The seat had fallen vacant after the death of three-time elected senator Kalsoom Parveen who passed away after being infected by COVID-19 last month. Shaheen will be a member of the Upper House for only 57 days as the term ends on March 11.
According to the Election Commissioner Balochistan, only two female candidates – Nusrat Shaheen and Rita Kumari – had filed their nomination papers after the schedule for the by-election on the vacant seat was announced.
Rita Kumari later withdrew her nomination papers before the polling date. The provincial election commissioner, Balochistan, Mohammad Razzaq has announced the result of the by-election.
“Ms Nusrat Shaheen of Balochistan Awami National Party (BAP) has been elected unopposed senator on the vacant seat of Senate from Balochistan,” the election commissioner announced.
Nusrat Shaheen joined the BAP last year as a worker. BAP president and Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal had awarded her the party ticket.
