PTI-backed Khurram Zeeshan clinches KP Senate seat

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) backed candidate Khurram Zeeshan has clinched the Senate seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

According to details, Zeeshan obtained 91 votes, while the runner up opposition-backed candidate, Taj Afridi bagged 45 votes. The voting continued till 4:00 pm. The provincial election commissioner was on duty as the returning officer.

On the other side, the candidate needed at least 75 votes for emerging victorious.It is pertinent to note that the seat had fallen vacant after the disqualification of PTI stalwart Shibli Faraz.