PTI, Islamabad :
Consolidating its grip on power, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s ruling PML-N has won 18 out of the 48 seats being contested for in the Senate elections marred by controversies and allegations of vote buying.
According to unofficial results, PML-N got the lion’s share in the polls, winning 18 seats but still has 26 senators in the in the 104-member House, one behind the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) that has 27 senators.
PPP won eight seats as cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, making an entry into the Senate for the first time, won six.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) won four seats. The nationalist Balochistan National Party (Mengal) and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) also returned to the Upper House.
Consolidating its grip on power, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s ruling PML-N has won 18 out of the 48 seats being contested for in the Senate elections marred by controversies and allegations of vote buying.
According to unofficial results, PML-N got the lion’s share in the polls, winning 18 seats but still has 26 senators in the in the 104-member House, one behind the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) that has 27 senators.
PPP won eight seats as cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, making an entry into the Senate for the first time, won six.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) won four seats. The nationalist Balochistan National Party (Mengal) and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) also returned to the Upper House.
