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      <title>Election on 48 vacant Senate seats set for April 2</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Election Commission of Pakistan will hold the election on 48 vacant seats of the Senate of Pakistan on April 2, the electoral body said on Monday.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ECP will issue the election schedule for the election on March 14 while the candidates can submit nomination papers from today (Monday).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As many as 52 seats in the upper house will fall vacant after the expiration of the 6-year term of the incumbent Senators on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, the election would be held on 48 Senate seats as four reserved seats for the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas had been abolished after the 25th Constitutional amendment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With this, the total seats in the Senate will fall to 96 from the earlier 100 seats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Voting would be held to elect members against seven general seats, two women, two seats for technocrats, including Ulema and one seat for non-Muslims from four provinces.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Members of the National Assembly will elect one general seat and one seat for technocrats, including Ulema from the federal capital, it added.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Election Commission of Pakistan will hold the election on 48 vacant seats of the Senate of Pakistan on April 2, the electoral body said on Monday.</strong></p>
<p>The ECP will issue the election schedule for the election on March 14 while the candidates can submit nomination papers from today (Monday).</p>
<p>As many as 52 seats in the upper house will fall vacant after the expiration of the 6-year term of the incumbent Senators on Tuesday.</p>
<p>However, the election would be held on 48 Senate seats as four reserved seats for the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas had been abolished after the 25th Constitutional amendment.</p>
<p>With this, the total seats in the Senate will fall to 96 from the earlier 100 seats.</p>
<p>Voting would be held to elect members against seven general seats, two women, two seats for technocrats, including Ulema and one seat for non-Muslims from four provinces.</p>
<p>Members of the National Assembly will elect one general seat and one seat for technocrats, including Ulema from the federal capital, it added.</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:50:32 +0500</pubDate>
      <author>none@none.com (Rehan Sheikh)</author>
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