Karachi: The ruling PPP secured 10 of the 12 seats up for grabs from Sindh Assembly while the remaining two were won by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and an independent candidate.
On general seats, PPP’s Ashraf Ali Jatoi (22 votes), Dost Ali Jessar (21 votes), Kazim Ali Shah (21 votes), Masroor Ahsan (21 votes), Nadeem Bhutto (21 votes) were successful.
MQM-P’s Amir Chishti (21 votes) and independent Faisal Vawda (21 votes) also won from a general seat. A day earlier, the PPP had decided to withdraw one of its candidates to support Vawda.
On the technocrat seats, PPP’s Zamir Ghumro (58 votes) and Sarmad Ali (57 votes) were successful. PPP’s Rubina Saadat Qaimkhani (57 votes) and Quratulain Marri (58 votes) won on two seats reserved for women.
PPP’s Poonjo Bheel (117 votes) was also successful on a minority seat.
Prior to the polls, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shahhad expressed the hope for all PPP candidates to be elected to the Senate. Speaking to the media outside the Sindh Assembly, he said that Sarfaraz Rajar withdrew his nomination papers on the party’s directives as the party was Vawda.
In an indirect reference to the PTI, CM Shah said that those who made tall claims about giving surprises in the Senate election finally retreated from the arena and boycotted the election from Sindh.
Polling in the provincial assemblies in Sindh started at 9 am and concluded at 4 pm.
Meanwhile, elections were held in Sindh on 12 seats— seven general seats, two women and technocrat seats each, and one minority seat.
