All 11 Senate candidates from Balochistan elected unopposed

QUETTA: There will be no polling for the 11 Senate seats from Balochistan as all the candidates — seven on general seats and two each on seats reserved for women and technocrats — have been elected unopposed ahead of the election slated for April 2.

Nine senators were declared winners a day earlier while the result was awaited on the two remaining technocrat seats.

According to a Geo News report, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl’s (JUIF) Maulana Abdul Wasey and Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Bilal Khan Mandokhail have been elected on the reserved seats.

Moreover, the other nine candidates elected unopposed to the Senate from Balochistan include former caretaker prime minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar who has returned to the upper house as an independent candidate on a general seat.

Similarly, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PMLN) Syed Nasir and Agha Shahzeb Durrani, PPP’s Sardar Umar Gorgej, National Party’s John Buledi, Awami National Party’s Aimal Wali and JUI-F’s Ahmed Khan have also been elected on general seats.

Additionally, PMLN and PPP have secured the two women’s seats that were up for grabs in the province. The candidates that have been elected are PMLN’s Rahat Jamali and PPP’s Hasna Bibi.

In total, PMLN and PPP managed to get 3 seats each while JUIF got two and ANP and National Party bagged one seat each.