PPP also secured both seats of technocrats as its candidates Zameer Ghamro and Sarmad Ali emerged victorious.
Senate elections 2024: Faisal Vawda wins; PPP secures 10 seats from Sindh. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) secured 10 out of 12 seats in the Senate elections from Sindh province with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and independent candidate Faisal Vawda winning a seat each.
According to the results announced by the returning officers (RO’s), the PPP secured five general, two technocrats, one minority, and two women seats.
PPP’s Dost Ali Jaiser, Ashraf Ali Jatoi, Kazim Ali Shah, Masroor Hassan, and Nadeem Bhutto, MQM-P’s Aamir Chishtiand independent candidate Faisal Vawda were elected on the general seats.
The PPP also secured both seats of technocrats as its candidates Zameer Ghamro and Sarmad Ali emerged victorious. Poonjo Bheel of the People’s Party won the minority seat, while Rubina Qaimkhani and Quratul Ain Marri were elected to the two women’s seats.
PML-N secures 9 out of 12 seats from Punjab
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) bagged nine out of 12 Senate seats from Punjab, sweeping the elections conducted for two seats each for women and technocrats and for one minority.
The polling was held to elect five senators on reserved seats for women, technocrats and one minority as seven candidates had already been returned unopposed.
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Petroleum Minister Musadiq Malik were elected to the two technocrat seats with 128 and 121 votes, respectively.
PML-N candidates Anusha Rehman and Bushra Anjum won the two seats set aside for women in Punjab. Sunni Ittehad Council’s Yasmeen Rashid and Sanam Javed could get 106 and 102 votes respectively.
PML-N’s Tahir Khalil Sindhu has been elected senator on the minority seat.
Earlier, seven candidates for Senate’s general seats from Punjab were elected unopposed including Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.
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PML-N’s Ahad Cheema, Pervaiz Rashid, Nasir Mehmood, and Talal Chaudhry, had been elected unopposed.
Sunni Ittehad Council’s Hamid Khan and Raja Nasir Abbas were also elected on the Senate’s general seats.
The PML-N bagged four general, one minority , two technocrats and as many seats reserved for women while the SIC bagged two general seats.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has also been elected as an independent candidate with backing of the PML-N and the PPP.
