LAHORE
PML-N candidate Abid Sher Ali has been elected as Senator unopposed on vacant seat of late Senator Irfan Siddiqui.
The process of scrutiny of nomination papers for by polls was completed. Three candidates including Abid Sher Ali, Ahsan Afzal Khan and Abdul Jabbar filed nomination papers. However Ahsan Afzal Khan and Abdul Jabbar withdrew their papers .
Following withdrawal of their nomination papers by other candidates, Abid Sher Ali was declared unopposed senator. This seat had fallen vacant due to death of senator Irfan Siddiqui.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated Abid Sher Ali on being elected unopposed as Senator.
