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2003 Pakistani Senate election

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2003 Pakistani Senate election

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All 100 seats in the Senate of Pakistan
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Muhammad Mian Soomro Shah Ahmad Noorani
Party PML(Q) MMA
Seats won 35 19


Chairman before election

Wasim Sajjad
PML(N)

Elected Chairman

Muhammad Mian Soomro
PML(Q)

Senate elections were held in Pakistan on 24 & 27 February 2003. All 100 seats in the Senate were up for election with half of the winning candidates serving six-year terms, and the other half serving three-year terms.[1][2]

In Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, and Balochistan, the election was held on 24 February, while in FATA and Islamabad, it was held on 27 February.

Results

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Results of the 2003 Pakistani Senate election
Party Administrative division Total
Punjab Sindh NWFP Balochistan FATA ICT
PML(Q) 16 5 2 9 0 3 35
MMA 0 1 11 6 0 1 19
PPP 3 7 2 0 0 0 12
MQM 0 6 0 0 0 0 6
PML(N) 3 0 1 0 0 0 4
ANP 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
NA 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
PMAP 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
BNM 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
BNP 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
BNP(A) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
JWP 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
PML(F) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
PPP(S) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Independent 0 1 3 0 8 0 12
Total 22 22 22 22 8 4 100

Winning candidates by administrative division

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Below are the candidates who won the election, by administrative division.[2][3]

Punjab
Seat Type Winners
General Shaukat Aziz

(PML-Q)

Javed Ashraf Qazi

(PML-Q)

Tariq Azim Khan

(PML-Q)

Kamil Ali Agha

(PML-Q)

Syed Dilawar Abbas

(PML-Q)

Muhammad Ali Durrani

(PML-Q)

Naeem Hussain Chattha

(PML-Q)

Mohammad Amjad Abbas

(PML-Q)

Asif Akhtar Hashmi

(PML-Q)

Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry

(PML-Q)

Syed Sajjad Bokhari

(PPP)

Latif Khosa

(PPP)

Ishaq Dar

(PPP)

Sajid Mir

(PML-N)

Technocrat Syed Muhammad Zafar (PML-Q) Khalid Ranjha (PML-Q) Anwar Bhinder (PML-Q) Mohammad Akbar Khawaja (PPP)
Women Gulshan Saeed (PML-Q) Razina Alam Khan (PML-Q) Nighat Agha (PML-Q) Saadia Abbasi (PML-Q)
Sindh
Seat Type Winners
General Safdar Ali Abbasi

(PPP)

Raza Rabbani

(PPP)

Abdullah Riar

(PPP)

Abdul Latif Ansari

(PPP)

Enver Baig

(PPP)

Babar Khan Ghauri

(MQM)

Abbas Kumaili

(MQM)

Ahmad Ali

(MQM)

Muhammad Mian Soomro

(PML-Q)

Abdul Hafeez Shaikh

(PML-Q)

Shah Ahmad Noorani

(MMA)

Asif Jatoi[4]

(NA)

Abdul Razak Thaheem

(PML-F)

Muhammad Amin Dadabhoy

(Independent)

Technocrat Nisar Memon (PML-Q) Tanvir Khalid (PML-Q) Farooq Naek (PPP) Muhammad Saeed Siddiqui (MQM)
Women Abida Saif (MQM) Nighat Mirza (MQM) Rukhsana Zuberi (PPP) Bibi Yasmeen Shah (PML-Q)
NWFP
Seat Type Winners
General Khurshid Ahmad

(MMA)

Murad Ali Shah

(MMA)

Hidayat Khan

(MMA)

Gul Naseeb Khan

(MMA)

Rahat Hussain

(MMA)

Sahibzada Khalid Jan

(MMA)

Muhammad Ibrahim Khan

(MMA)

Asfandyar Wali Khan

(ANP)

Khalilur Rehman

(PML-Q)

Mehtab Abbasi

(PML-N)

Shuja-ul-Mulk

(PPP-S)

Gulzar Ahmed Khan

(Independent)

Waqar Ahmed Khan

(Independent)

Azam Swati

(Independent)

Technocrat Sami-ul-Haq (MMA) Muhammad Saeed (MMA) Ilyas Ahmed Bilour (ANP) Farhatullah Babar (PPP)
Women Kausar Firdous (MMA) Mumtaz Bibi (MMA) Fauzia Fakhar-uz-Zaman Khan (PML-Q) Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli (PPP)
Balochistan
Seat Type Winners
General Mir Wali Muhammad Badini

(PML-Q)

Muhammad Sarwar Khan

(PML-Q)

Muhammad Naseer Mengal

(PML-Q)

Ayaz Mandokhel

(PML-Q)

Muhammad Akram

(PML-Q)

Azizullah Satakzai

(MMA)

Muhammad Ismail Buledi

(MMA)

Rehmatullah Kakar

(MMA)

Liaqat Ali Bangulzai

(MMA)

Nawab Ayaz Jogezai

(PMAP)

Raza Muhammad Raza

(PMAP)

Muhammad Aslam Buledi

(BNM)

Sanaullah Baloch

(BNP)

Mohim Khan Baloch

(BNP-A)

Technocrat Kamran Murtaza (MMA) Agha Muhammad (MMA) Saeed Ahmed Hashmi (PML-Q) Amanullah Kanrani (JWP)
Women Roshan Khursheed Bharucha (PML-Q) Kalsoom Perveen (PML-Q) Agha Pari Gul (PML-Q) Shereen Noor (NA)
FATA[1]
Seat Type Winners
General Malik Rashid Ahmed Khan (Independent) Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi (Independent) Hafiz Abdul Malik Qadri (Independent) Syed Sajjad Hussain Mian (Independent) Syed Muhammad Hussain (Independent) Tahir Iqbal Orakzai (Independent) Mateen Shah (Independent) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (Independent)
ICT[1]
Seat Type Winners
General Mushahid Hussain (PML-Q) Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed (MMA)
Technocrat Wasim Sajjad (PML-Q)
Women Tahira Latif (PML-Q)

Aftermath

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After the election, on 12 March 2003, Muhammad Mian Soomro of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)) was elected to the position of Chairman, unopposed, replacing Wasim Sajjad of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)). On the same day, Khalilur Rehman, also of the PML(Q), was elected to the position of Deputy Chairman, also unopposed, replacing Mir Humayun Khan Marri of the Jamhoori Wattan Party (JWP). Moreover, on 27 March, Wasim Sajjad, who had switched to the PML(Q), was appointed as the Leader of the House, whereas the position of Leader of the Opposition remained vacant until 10 January 2005, when Raza Rabbani of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was appointed to the slot.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results of draw for senators". DAWN.COM. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Asghar, Raja (25 February 2003). "PML-Q, allies close to Senate majority: Clear picture after Thursday round". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ "EC notifies names of successful senators". DAWN.COM. 4 March 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  4. ^ "KARACHI: Alliance man allowed to contest Senate polls". DAWN.COM. 23 February 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Soomro elected Senate chairman". DAWN.COM. 13 March 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Wasim Sajjad remains mainstay of 'review chamber'". DAWN.COM. 28 March 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Mian Raza Rabbani". Senate of Pakistan. Retrieved 7 November 2024.