Senate by-elections on six vacant seats today

ISLAMABAD: Elections on six vacant seats of the Senate will be held today (Thursday) simultaneously in the National Assembly, as well as at Sindh and Balochistan Assemblies.

According to the Election Commission, the polling will start at 8:00 am and continue till 4:00 pm at Parliament House, as well as in the buildings of the Sindh and Balochistan Assemblies.

The ECP has finalized arrangements for conducting by-elections to fill six Senate seats left vacant by the Senators, who were elected to the National and provincial assemblies in the February 8 elections.

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Among those who vacated their seats, included Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, who have joined the National Assembly following their victory in recently concluded general elections. Similarly, Nisar Ahmed Khoro and Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar were elected to the Sindh Assembly, while, Prince Ahmed Umer Ahmedzai and Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti became members of the Balochistan Assembly.

Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani from the Pakistan People’s Party and Chaudhry Ilyas Meharban from the Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are competing in the elections for the seat reserved for the federal capital.

The ECP has already dispatched ballot papers and other polling materials to the provincial assemblies of Sindh and Balochistan. Polling will be held for one seat reserved in Islamabad and two general seats in Sindh, as well as three general seats for representing Balochistan.