Punjab Senate 7 Elected Unopposed, Including Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi

Seven candidates for the Senate’s general seats from Punjab have been elected unopposed including Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Ahad Cheema, Pervaiz Rashid, Nasir Mehmood, and Talal Chaudhry, have been elected unopposed.

Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi of the ruling coalition has also been elected.

Sunni Ittehad Council’s Hamid Khan and Raja Nasir Abbas have been elected on the Senate’s general seats.

Senate candidates Waleed Iqbal, Shahzad Waseem, Ejaz Hussain Minhas, Musadik Masood Malik, and Omar Sarfraz Cheema have withdrawn their nomination papers for the Senate election.

The nomination papers of 12 candidates were approved for the election on 7 general seats of the Senate from Punjab after scrutiny.

Now the elections will only be held on five seats from Punjab including two technocrat seats, two women-reserved seats, and one minority seat.