Senate elections: Seven out of 54 elected unopposed

PPP's Aitzaz Ahsan, PML-N's Ishaq Dar elected unopposed.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared seven candidates ‘uncontested’ to the Senate of Pakistan on 54 seats, according to a notification issued on Thursday.

Talking to The Express Tribune, officials said that the candidates were contesting on seats reserved for technocrats including ulema, women and non-Muslims from  Punjab and Sindh and will replace Senators, whose term will expire on March 11, 2012, under clause (3) of Article 59 of the Constitution.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan and Ishaq Dar of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have been elected unopposed against the seats reserved for technocrats in Punjab, while PML-N Member of National Assembly Nuzhat Sadiq and PPP leader Khalida Parveen have been elected unopposed on seats reserved for women.

PML-N’s Kamran Michael was elected unopposed on seats reserved for non-Muslim from Punjab, while Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has been elected as Senator while MQM leader Farogh Naseem was elected from Sindh.