Peshawar:
The election of the Senate at the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly (KP) did not emerge the surprise on Monday as a previous understanding between the government and the opposition parties remained firm, which resulted in the victory of all consensus candidates, according to unofficial results.
The KP Assembly voted for 11 vacant seats in the upper house of Parliament from the province. Originally scheduled for March 2024, the elections were delayed due to a dispute over the allocation of reserved seats, which was finally resolved by the Supreme Court last month.
Among those who launched their tickets were 25 newly jurislators in reserved seats. They had oath a day before at the governor’s house after a scheduled assembly session was postponed due to the lack of quorum.
Before the surveys, Prime Minister Ali Amin Gandapur of the Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) reached a seat exchange agreement with opposition matches, including the Pakistan-Nawaz Muslim League (PML-N), the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Jamiat Ulema-E-Islam (Jui-F) of the peoples of Pakistan (PPP) and the Jamiat Ulema-E-Islam (JUI-F), Avited Atested Peoples Electting.
As part of the agreement, the government agreed to assign five of the 11 seats to the opposition. However, some candidates backed by PTI of KP that were executed independently initially refused to retire. While most retired on Sunday night, a PTI Hopeful, Khurram Zeeshan, remained in the race but did not receive votes.
According to the unofficial results announced by the Provincial Electoral Commission, Murad Saeed of PTI received the 26 highest votes, followed by Faisal Javed, who obtained 22 votes. Mirza Afridi de PTI, former vice president of the Senate, and Pir Noorul Haq Qadri surveyed 21 votes each.
From the opposition, Maulana Ataul Haq Darwesh of the Jui-F, Niaz Ahmed of PML-N and Talha Mahmood of the PPP were chosen. Ahmed, son of PML-N leader, Amir Muqam, got 18 votes each, while Talha Mahmood obtained 17 votes.
In the technocrats and women, Azam Swati and Rubina Naz de PTI were chosen. Both obtained 89 votes each. From the opposition side, Dilawar Khan, from Jui-F, was chosen in the team of the technocrats with 54 votes, while Rubina Khalid of the PPP was chosen in the women’s seat with 52 votes.
The results agreed with the understanding achieved earlier this month between the government and the opposition. According to the agreement, the government received four general seats, a technocrat and a woman seats, and the opposition obtained three general seats, a technocrat and a woman seats.
Previously, the survey began at 11 am instead of the 9 am programmed. The voting process was chaired by the provincial electoral commissioner. A treasure member did not participate in the vote. As a result, the tickets were issued by 144 of 145 legislators.
The survey process continued without problems. The voting time extended for an hour and a half. The first vote was cast by Malik Adnan de Jui-F, while Prime Minister Gandapur was the last to cast the vote. Shortly after the results were announced, there was joy among the respective party workers.
Punjab by roads
A PML-N candidate, Hafiz Abdul Karim, won the Senate elections in the Punjab Assembly, defeating Abdul Sattar of PTI’s opposition, according to the unofficial result announced by the provincial electoral authorities.
The partial choice was held to occupy a vacant seat in the Punjab Senate. During the vote, 345 legislators cast their vote. Hafiz Abdul Karim obtained 243 votes while his rival, Abdul Sattar, was surveyed 99 votes. Three votes were rejected.
