7 candidates elected unopposed in Senate election

LAHORE: Seven senators were elected unopposed in the Senate election from Punjab province.

In the Senate election from Punjab, Pervaiz Rasheed, Nasir Mehmood, Ahad Cheema and Talal Chaudhry of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have been elected as senators unopposed, while Mohsin Naqvi of the government alliance has also been elected senator unopposed.

Raja Nasir Abbas and Hamid Khan of Sunni Ittehad Council(SIC) have also been elected senators.

On the technocrat seat, Mustafa Ramdday withdrew his papers, while on the general seat, Shahzad Wasim, Musadik Malik, Waleed Iqbal and Umar Ijaz Cheema withdrew their papers.

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Following the rejection of her nomination papers by the Election Commission of Pakistan, Sanam Javed appealed to the Appellate Tribunal.

The Lahore High Court’s Appellate Tribunal, on Friday, granted Sanam Javed’s appeal, permitting her participation in the Senate elections. Justice Shahid Bilal Hasan, presiding over the tribunal, instructed the ECP to add Sanam Javed’s name to the roster of candidates for the Senate elections.