According to unofficial result, Gilani bags 169 votes while Shaikh receives 164 ballots; seven votes rejected
Yousaf Raza Gilani with Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. SCREENGRAB
QUETTA/
ISLAMABAD/
KARACHI/
LAHORE:
In a major upset in the Senate election, Yousaf Raza Gilani, the joint candidate of opposition parties, has been elected senator from Islamabad, by defeating Abdul Hafeez Shaikh of the ruling party, according to unofficial results.
Yousaf Raza Gilani, a former prime minister who belongs to the PPP, enjoyed the support of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance cobbled together by a dozen opposition parties against the embattled government of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
According to unofficial result, Gilani bags 169 votes while Shaikh receives 164 ballots; seven votes rejected
Yousaf Raza Gilani with Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. SCREENGRAB
QUETTA/
ISLAMABAD/
KARACHI/
LAHORE:
In a major upset in the Senate election, Yousaf Raza Gilani, the joint candidate of opposition parties, has been elected senator from Islamabad, by defeating Abdul Hafeez Shaikh of the ruling party, according to unofficial results.
Yousaf Raza Gilani, a former prime minister who belongs to the PPP, enjoyed the support of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance cobbled together by a dozen opposition parties against the embattled government of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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