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.

The ECP will issue the election schedule for the election on March 14 while the candidates can submit nomination papers from today (Monday).

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.

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.

With this, the total seats in the Senate will fall to 96 from the earlier 100 seats.

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.

Members of the National Assembly will elect one general seat and one seat for technocrats, including Ulema from the federal capital, it added.