PPP’s Nisar Khuhro on Wednesday won the Senate by-polls in Sindh, on a seat that fell vacant after former federal minister Faisal Vawda’s disqualification.
Khuhro won the seat after bagging 99 votes out of 101. Two votes were rejected.
The Election Commission of Pakistan had disqualified PTI’s Vawda as a lawmaker in February after it was found that he concealed his US nationality while submitting his nomination papers to the returning officer to take part in 2018 general elections.
Though the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Agha Arsalan had filed nomination papers for the seat, the PTI and its allies at the Centre had announced to boycott the election.
Despite the boycott, two PTI MPAs voted for PPP candidate Nisar Khuhro.
Shortly after the announcement of Khuhro’s win, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari took to his Twitter handle to congratulate the party member.
