Senate election: Candidates elected unopposed on technocratic, women's seats in Punjab
PTI's Ali Zafar, PML-N's Azam Nazir Tarar won the technocrats' seat; PTI's Dr Zarqa, PML-N's Sadia Abbasi were elected for women's seats
February 18, 2021
- Four Senate election candidates contesting for technocratic and women's reserved seats have been elected unopposed
- PTI's Ali Zafar, PML-N's Azam Nazir Tarar won the technocrats' seat
- PTI's Dr Zarqa and PML-N's Sadia Abbasi were elected unopposed for the women's seats
Four Senate election candidates contesting for technocratic and women's reserved seats — two each — in Punjab have been elected unopposed on Thursday.
According to the Punjab Election Commissioner, PTI's Ali Zafar and PML-N's Azam Nazir Tarar won the technocrats' seat. Meanwhile, PTI's candidate Ataullah Khan withdrew his nomination papers for the technocrats' seat.
PTI's Dr Zarqa and PML-N's Sadia Abbasi were also elected unopposed from Punjab for the women's' seats.
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The province's election commissioner said that Abbasi was the covering candidate and was declared successful after Saira Tarar did not appear for her paper's scrutiny.
