The tenure of 52 members of the Senate, including Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani, Deputy Chairman Mirza Afridi, Leader of the House Ishaq Dar, Leader of the Opposition Dr Shahzad Wasim and Senator Raza Rabbani, will complete on March 11, 2024.
All four FATA seats in the upper house will now be lost and the number of members in the new senate will be reduced from 100 to 96.
The terms of 13 senators elected with the support of PML-N, 12 of People’s Party, 8 of PTI, Jamiat Ulema Islam F, PK MAP and two members of National Party are ending.
With the support of Balochistan Awami Party, 6 seats each, Jamaat-e-Islami, MQM-Pakistan and Muslim League (F) will be vacant.
Senate Elections Election Commission has appointed returning officers
In the Upper Senate, PTI has 17, People’s Party 9, Muslim League-N 5, Balochistan Awami Party 7, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam FK 3, MQM and ANP two each while Muslim League QK has 1. And two independent members will remain.
Two centers Asad Junejo and Mushahid Hussain Syed will retire from Islamabad.
12 centers will retire from Sindh, among them, Center Raza Rabbani, Imam Deen Shawkin, Moola Bakhsh Chandio, Syed Muhammad Ali Shah Jamot, Farogh Naseem, Muzaffar Shah, Waqar Mehdi, Khaleda Sikandar Mandru, Rukhsana Zuberi, Kesho Bai, Quratul Ain Murri. And Anwar Lal Deen are included.
Among the 12 retired senators from Punjab are Leader of the House Ishaq Dar and Leader of the Opposition Dr.
Shahzad Wasim, Dr. Asif Kirmani, Rana Mahmoodul Hasan, Mossadegh Malik, Shaheen Khalid Butt, Waleed Iqbal, Hafiz Abdul Karim, Nazhat Sadiq, Sami Ezidi, Kamran Michael. Included. The seat of Rana Maqbool fell vacant due to his death.
Decision to hold elections for 48 Senate seats in the first week of April
The 11 retired centers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa include Behrmand Khan Tangi, Faisal Javed, Fida Muhammad, Pir Saber Shah, Talha Mehmood, Mushtaq Ahmed, Dilawar Khan, Azam Swati, Mehr Taj Roghani and Rubina Khalid. The seat of Shaukat Tareen has already become vacant after his resignation.
The 11 retired senators from Balochistan include Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani, Ahmad Khan, Maulvi Faiz Muhammad, Kahda Babar, Muhammad Ikram, Shafiq Tareen, Tahir Bizenjo, Naseebullah Bazai, Abida Azim and Sana Jamali.
Four senators Hidayatullah Khan, Hilalur Rehman, Shammeem Afridi and Deputy Chairman Mirza Muhammad Afridi will retire from FATA.
After the success in the general elections, 6 senatorial seats have become vacant for which the by-election will be held on March 14.