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Summary Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan of PPP and Ishaq Dar of PML-N have been elected as Senators unopposed.
On Tuesday which was last day of nomination papers’ submission, no other candidates of any party submitted nomination papers for the two technocrat seats from Punjab except Aitzaz Ahsan and Ishaq Dar. Aitzaz Ahsan, a leading jurist of the country and a former Interior Minister, had boycotted the last general elections on the call of Pakistan Bar Council in protest against sacking of superior court judges by the then military dictator. While Ishaq Dar is incumbent member of the Senate and retiring on March 12 after completing his six-year term.Moreover, PML-N candidate Kamran Michael has also been elected unopposed on minorities seat.
