Polling has ended at the National Assembly as well as provincial assemblies of Sindh, Punjab and Kyhber Pakhtunkhwa for electing Senators for next six years and results started to emerge. The government’s alliance in the centre bagged both seats from Islamabad. Foreign Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) candidate Ishaq Dar has been elected Senator on a technocrat senatorial seat with 224 votes while Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) Raja Ansar received 81 votes. According to sources, five votes were also rejected.

 

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