ISLAMABAD: Senate polls 2024, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secured 9 out of 12 Senate seats from Punjab, sweeping the elections conducted for two seats each for women and technocrats and for one minority.
The senate polling was held to elect five senators on reserved seats for women, technocrats, and one minority, as seven candidates had already been returned unopposed.
Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Petroleum Minister Musadiq Malik were elected to the two technocrat seats with 128 and 121 votes, respectively.
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Pakistan Muslim League-N candidates Bushra Anjum and Anusha Rehman won the two seats set aside for women in Punjab. Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) Yasmeen Rashid and Sanam Javed could get 106 and 102 votes, respectively.
N-League Tahir Khalil Sindhu has been elected senator in the minority seat.
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