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March 3, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Given the hectic lobbying by the competing parliamentary parties and the purported political wheeling and dealing, upsets are not being ruled out in Wednesday’s Senate elections.
The smallest change could tip the scales in favour of the side that makes gains over and above what it deserves according to its numerical strength in the electoral college.
Frenzied developments are taking place among certain sections of the electoral college. Some ruling coalition voters have openly made their opposition to the government public, indicating there could be some unexpected results. Apart from these announcements, clandestine contacts to sway voters away from their parties are also underway.
Islamabad, Pakistan – Prime Minister Imran Khan will face a vote of confidence from the country’s Parliament after suffering defeat on a key seat in the country’s Senate elections, party officials say.
Elections for 48 seats of the Senate, the 96-member upper house of parliament, were held on Wednesday, with legislators voting through the day in the country’s provincial assemblies and in the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament.
Official results are expected on Thursday, but unofficial results from the country’s Election Commission indicated Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party had suffered a key defeat in the National Assembly, where the opposition candidate defeated the PTI’s Abdul Hafeez Shaikh.
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Members of the Pakistan Democratic Movement - the 11-party opposition alliance - on Wednesday celebrated former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's victory in the Senate polls, while the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has cried foul said it will challenge the results.