ISLAMABAD: Voting for 30 Senate seats is going on in the National and Provincial Assemblies.
59 candidates are contesting for 30 Senate seats while 18 senators have been elected unopposed. All 11 candidates were elected unopposed from Balochistan Assembly.
Members of the National and Provincial Assembly will vote today for the 30 vacant seats in the Senate. The senator will be elected for 6 years. Voting will start from 9 am to 4 pm.
Two candidates are contesting from Islamabad on General and Technocrat seats. There is a contest between 4 candidates for one technocrat and one general seat in Islamabad.
Ishaq Dar, candidate of PML-N, will face Raja Ansar Mehmood, candidate of Sunni Ittehad Council, on the Technocrat seat of Islamabad. 2 candidates are contesting for a general seat in Islamabad. Rana Mahmoodul Hasan from the People’s Party, Farzand Ali Shah from the Sunni Ittehad Council are candidates.
Candidates were also elected unopposed on 7 general seats from Punjab Assembly. There are 4 candidates on women seats, 3 candidates on technocrat and ulama seats. 2 candidates are in the fray on the minority seat.
There are 11 candidates for general seats and 3 candidates for women seats from Sindh. There are 4 candidates for technocrat seats and 2 candidates for minority seats from Sindh. There are 16 candidates from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on general seats and 4 on women seats. There is a contest between 6 candidates from KP on Ulama and Technocrat seats.
Ballot papers are printed in 4 different colors for senate elections. White papers for general seats, green ballot paper for technocrat seats. Pink ballot papers will be used for women seats and yellow ballot papers for minority seats