The ruling coalition in Pakistan wins the majority of seats in the Senate. Senate elections were held yesterday in the National Assembly and in Sindh province for general and special seats, and in the Punjab province and the city of Islamabad for special seats.
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar won the technocrat seat for the capital, Islamabad, by obtaining 222 votes. Elections were not held in Balochistan province, where legislators were elected unopposed on 11 vacant seats last month. Asif Ali Zardari from the Pakistan People’s Party was elected last month as president of the country.