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March 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf notched up the top score in the Senate election Wednesday with 18 seats followed by PPP’s eight.
Despite emerging as the largest party in the Upper House, the PTI suffered a defeat at the hands of PDM’s Yusuf Raza Gilani who managed to get the Islamabad general seat from PTI’s Hafeez Sheikh. Gilani’s victory was a shocker for the PTI government, forcing PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to triumphantly tweet: “Democracy is the best revenge. Jeya Bhutto!”
Gilani got 169 votes against Sheikh’s 164. Seven votes were rejected. Votes were counted twice - second time at the request of government legislators.
Top Story
March 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf notched up the top score in the Senate election Wednesday with 18 seats followed by PPP’s eight.
Despite emerging as the largest party in the Upper House, the PTI suffered a defeat at the hands of PDM’s Yousaf Raza Gilani who managed to get the Islamabad general seat from PTI’s Hafeez Sheikh. Gilani’s victory was a shocker for the PTI government, forcing PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to triumphantly tweet: Democracy is the best revenge. Jeya Bhutto!
Gilani got 169 votes against Sheikh’s 164. Seven votes were rejected. Votes were counted twice - second time at the request of government legislators.
Chief Minister Mahmood Khan casts vote in the Senate elections at the KP Assembly, Peshawar, on Wednesday. (Right) ANP lawmakers make victory signs after their party candidate, Hidayatullah Khan, won a Senate seat. White Star/Dawn
PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) swept the Senate elections from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by winning 10 of the 12 seats of the Upper House of Parliament on Wednesday.
The PTI clinched five general seats, two of technocrats and women each and one of minorities from the province, while the opposition Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) and Awami National Party (ANP) claimed one general seat each.
However, the government’s ally, Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), failed to secure any Senate seat.
Govt, allies clinch K-P, Balochistan seats
PTI-led govt wins 10 out of 12 K-P seats; BAP, allies secure eight out of 12 slots in Balochistan
Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Ministers Jam Kamal and Mahmood Khan celebrate the Senate election victory with party members. PHOTO: EXPRESS
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The incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led government won 10 out of 12 Senate seats from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa whereas the Balochistan Awami Party and its allies managed to win eight out of 12 seats in Balochistan.
The opposition parties in K-P proved to be a disappointment yet again by only winning two seats while the opposition in Balochistan only won four.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
In K-P, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) candidate Abbas Afridi, who was considered to be a powerful contestant along with BAP candidate Taj Muhammad Afridi lost. PTI got five out of seven general seats, two women seats, two technocrat seats and one minority seat as well.
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