Polling for 45 seats of National and provincial assemblies begun in 4 assemblies here on Friday.

Provincial Election Commission of Sindh has made all necessary arrangements for Senate elections at Sindh Assembly's building to elect 10 Senators from Sindh.

There are 12 seats of Sindh including seven general, two reserved for women, two reserved for technocrats/Ulema and one reserved seat for non-Muslims.

PPP's Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and MQM's Farogh Nasim have been elected unopposed on technocrat seats.

There are eight candidates in the run for seven general seats, three for the two reserved seats for women and two candidates for the single reserved for minorities.

Three candidates of PML-L including Abdul Ghafar Qureshi (general), Yasmeen Farukh (women) and Photmal Dileep (non-Muslims) are contesting Senate election from Sindh.

In the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 13 candidates are in the run for seven general seats, four candidates for two seats reserved for women, six for two seats reserved for Ulema and technocrats and two are contesting for one seat reserved for minorities.

In Balochistan, 19 candidates are contesting for seven general seats, nine for two seats reserved for women, eight candidates for two seats for Ulema and technocrats, and five candidates are in the run for one seat reserved for the minorities.

Polling will continue uninterrupted from 09:00 am to 04:00 pm; counting will be done thereon and results will be announced by the returning officers.