Lahore (Web Desk): At least seven candidates were elected senators unopposed from Punjab ahead of Senate elections scheduled to be held on April 2.
The five candidates elected unopposed from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) include Pervaiz Rasheed, Nasir Mehmood, Ahad Cheema, Talal Chaudhry and the coalition government-backed Mohsin Naqvi.
While, advocate Hamid Khan and Raja Nasir Abbas have been elected unopposed from the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
These seven candidates got elected unopposed after Waleed Iqbal, Shhahzad Waseem, Ijaz Minhas, Musadik Malik and Umar Cheema withdrew their nomination papers for the Senate election.