The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday decided to vote for former federal minister Faisal Vawda in the Senate elections.
According to details, the PPP had directed six Sindh Assembly lawmakers to vote for Vawda.
The PPP's support will pave for Vawda to emerge victorious in the general seat of the Senate.
Moreover, the PPP will be able to emerge victorious on five general seats out of the seven after voting for Vawda.
The polling for 12 Senate seats in the Sindh Assembly will be held on April 2.
Earlier, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) had also decided to vote for Vawda.
– JI, GDA, decides against voting in Senate elections from Sindh –
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) decided on Saturday against voting in the Senate elections from Sindh.
According to details, the JI had decided to remain “impartial” in the upcoming Senate elections, slated to happen on April 2. Moreover, the GDA had decided to continue its boycott in the Senate elections.
The only JI lawmaker from the Sindh Assembly had decided not to vote in the Senate elections. Meanwhile, the three GDA candidates will also not cast their votes in the Senate elections.
– Senate elections: ECP issues final list of candidates –
Separately, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued the final list of candidates on Saturday.
According to details, the returning officers had issued the final list of the Senate elections ahead of the Senate elections, slated to happen on April 2.
In Punjab, seven of the candidates had been elected unopposed for the general seats. The elections will be held for two women and two technocrats from Punjab.
According to the electoral watchdog, 11 candidates had been elected as senators opposed to all the seats in Balochistan.
The Sindh Assembly will elect 12 senators overall. The elections will be held in seven general seats, two for women, two for technocrats, and one for a for a minority.
Moreover, the elections will be held in 11 senate seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
The elections will be held from the centre on one general and one technocrat seat.
