PPP secures 11 seats in Senate elections
ISLAMABAD (MNP) – The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has succeeded in securing 10 out of the 12 seats from Sindh in the Senate elections.
According to details, the PPP has won five general seats, two for women, two for technocrats and one for minorities.
The results of two seats from Islamabad have also been announced. According to the results, Rana Mahmoodul Hassan of the PPP has won the general seat from Islamabad by securing 224 votes. On the technocrat seat, PML-N’s Ishaq Dar succeeded by securing 222 votes.
During the counting of votes for technocrat and general seats, seven votes each were rejected.
From Punjab, Muhammad Iqbal Orakzai, the treasury minister, was elected senator on the technocrat seat.
Faisal Vawda, an independent candidate from Sindh, succeeded on the general seat.
Voting took place for five vacant seats in Punjab and two in Islamabad.