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Summary It is expected that Asim, a friend of President Asif Ali Zardari, will be given a federal ministry.
Dr Asim Hussain has been elected senator unopposed on a vacant seat from Sindh on the nomination of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). No other candidate filed papers to contest for the seat.A general seat in the Senate fell vacant following the resignation of Dr Khatumal Jeewan, who was elected as member of the National Assembly on the seat of assassinated federal minorities affairs minister, Shahbaz Bhatti. The returning officer and the Sindh Election Commission declared Asim winner. According to sources, he will be given a ministry. He has been summoned by President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad.
