ISLAMABAD: Seven candidates were elected unopposed from Punjab to general seats in the Senate elections.
According to the details, these seven candidates include five from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and two from the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
The five candidates elected unopposed from the PML-N include Pervaiz Rasheed, Nasir Mehmood, Ahad Cheema, Talal Chaudhry and coalition government-backed Mohsin Naqvi.
Similarly, advocate Hamid Khan and Raja Nasir Abbas were elected unopposed from the SIC.
The seven candidates were elected unopposed after Waleed Iqbal, Shahhzad Waseem, Ijaz Minhas, Musadik Malik and Umar Cheema withdrew their nomination papers for the Senate elections.