ISLAMABAD – Polling is underway on 30 vacant seats of Senate, the upper house of Pakistan parliament, on Tuesday.
In Islamabad, voting has begaun at the National Assembly hall for the election of two senators and it will continue till 4pm.
Ishaq Dar of PML-N and Raja Ansar Kayani of Sunni Ittehad Council are contesting for the technocrat seat while PPP’s Rana Mahmoodul Hassan and SIC’s Farzand Hussain Shah are vying for the general seat.
In Punjab, polling is underway at Punjab Assembly in Lahore for the election of five senators.
The voting is being held two women and technocrats seats each and one minority seats of women in the province.
In Sindh, for the election of twelve Senators, polling is underway at Sindh Assembly Building in Karachi.
A total nineteen candidates are contesting for twelve seats including seven General seats, two women, two technocrats/Ulama and one non-Muslim seat in the province.
The voting for Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly could not start due to a dispute between the provincial government and opposition over the oath-taking of MPAs-elect on the reserved seats.
