There will be no polling for the 11 Senate seats from Balochistan as all the candidates, seven on general seats and two each on seats reserved for women and technocrats, have been elected unopposed ahead of the election slated for April 2.
Nine senators were declared winners a day earlier while the result was awaited on the two remaining technocrat seats.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F’s Maulana Abdul Wasey and PPP’s Bilal Khan Mandokhail have been elected on the reserved seats.
Moreover, the other nine candidates elected unopposed to the Senate from Balochistan include former caretaker prime minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar who has returned to the upper house as an independent candidate on a general seat. Similarly, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Syed Nasir and Agha Shahzeb Durrani, PPP’s Sardar Umar Gorgej, National Party’s John Buledi, Awami National Party’s Aimal Wali and JUI-F’s Ahmed Khan have also been elected on general seats.
Additionally, PML-N and PPP have secured the two women’s seats that were up for grab in the province. The candidates that have been elected are PML-N’s Rahat Jamali and PPP’s Hasna Bibi.
In total, PML-N and PPP managed to get 3 seats each while JUI-F got two and ANP and National Party bagged one seat each.
