ISLAMABAD: Forty-eight newly-elected members of the Senate have been sworn in on Friday for a six-year term in the Upper House of Parliament.
Presiding Officer (PO) Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah administered the oath to the newly-elected senators. In the next phase of the ongoing session, the Upper House will elect the chairman and deputy chairman. The session has been suspended.
The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 18 seats in Senate elections 2021 after having suffered a major setback in Islamabad. The PTI–backed candidates had won 10 out of a total of 12 seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), five from Punjab (unopposed), two from Sindh, and one Senate seat from Islamabad.
The Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), which is an ally of ruling PTI won six Senate seats. Muttahida Qaumi Movement–Pakistan (MQM-P) secured victory on 2 Senate seats from Sindh Assembly.
The Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) has won eight Senate seats, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) five, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) secured three seats, Awami National Party (ANP) 2, BNP-Mengal one, PML-Q one, whereas two Senate seats were won by independent candidates.
The PTI’s tally in the Senate now stands at 25. After eight seats, PPP’s total seats in the upper house stands at 21, PML-N 18, BAP has now a total of 12 seats in Senate, JUI-F five and MQM-P three.
The opposition collectively has 52 members in the House excluding Ishaq Dar against 47 senators belonging to the ruling coalition. The senators who have been re-elected are Sherry Rehman, Farooq H. Naek, Saleem Mandviwala, Shibli Faraz, Liaquat Tarakai, Mohsin Aziz, Zeeshan Khanzada, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Maulana Ata-ur-Rehman, Prof Sajid Mir, Sarfraz Bugti and Manzoor Kakar.
