Ishaq Dar, Mehmood ul Hassa win Senate polls

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s Muhammad Ishaq Dar and Pakistan Peoples Party’s Mehmoodul Hassan eemerged victorious in the Senate elections for the general and technocrat seats, respectively, in the Federal Capital.

Ishaq Dar secured 222 votes for the general seat, while Mehmoodul Hassan obtained 224 votes for the technocrat seat.

Mehmoodul Hassan was nominated by the Pakistan Peoples Party for the general seat, whereas Muhammad Ishaq Dar was the nominee of the PML-N for the technocrat seat in the federal capital.

Farzand Hussain and Raja Ansar Mehmood, representing the Sunni Ittehad Council, received 79 and 81 votes, respectively.

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Earlier, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has been appointed as the presiding officer for the election of the chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate and the swearing in of the newly elected senators.

In the first session of the Senate, the oath-taking of the newly elected senators and the election of the chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate will be held, for which President of Pakistan Asif Zardari signed the summary of appointing Ishaq Dar as the presiding officer.

President Zardari on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the summary of appointing Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.