PPP’s Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, PML-N’s Dostain Domki and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam’s Abdul Shakoor Ghibzai have been elected senators in the polling held for three vacant seats of the Senate of Pakistan, APP reports.

The polling for by-elections on three vacant Senate seats of Balochistan was held at the Balochistan Assembly.

As many as 61 parliamentarians exercised their right to choose the senators for the upper house.

As per results announced by the election commission, Bizenjo obtained 23 votes, Domki clinched 17 votes and Ghibzai 16.

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