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.