The triennial Senate Electionsof Pakistan were held on 3 March 2018 to replace 52 retiring senators - half of the Senate's strength - with the winning candidates serving six-year terms. Overall,Pakistan Muslim League (N) came out as the largest party,followed by the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The results of these elections were steeped in controversy due to rampant allegations of horse trading and vote-buying,which lead to the Prime Minister and opposition leader Imran Khan calling for reforms. Prior to this election,PML (N) candidates were declared as independents by the Election Commission of Pakistan owing to a Supreme Court judgment.
Syed Asif Saeed Kirmani is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has been a Member of Senate of Pakistan,since July 2017 and served as the Minister of State for Political Affairs.
Asad Ashraf is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018. Previously he had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 2002 to 2013.
Anwar Lal Dean is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018.
Syed Muhammad Ali Shah Jamot is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018. He is also the present chief of Jamots.
Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani is a Pakistani politician,who had been former Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan. He took his oath of office as a Member and Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan on 12 March 2018 and served until 8 March 2024.
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar is a Pakistani politician who served as the longest-serving caretaker prime minister of Pakistan between 14 August 2023 and 4 March 2024. He was succeeded by Shehbaz Sharif. He assumed membership in the Upper House of Pakistan in March 2018. Before taking on the role of caretaker prime minister,Kakar had resigned from the upper house of parliament. Subsequently,he publicly declared his resignation from both the Senate and the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP),a political party he established in 2018.
Molvi Faiz Muhammad is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018.
Musadik Masood Malik is a Pakistani politician and a Senator from Punjab to the Senate of Pakistan,elected in this capacity on 11 March 2018. He is currently serving the second administration of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif as an in-charge of the Ministry of Energy (MoE). He served as the Federal Minister of Water and Power in Khoso caretaker ministry in 2013.
Rukhsana Zuberi is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018. Previously she had been a member of the Senate from 2003 to 2009 and briefly served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1977.
Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar is a former senator and human rights activist from Pakistan. He served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022,representing the Pakistan Peoples Party. He also served as an adviser to the prime minister on human rights from 2011 to 2013. He stepped down from his senate seat in 2022,expressing his discontent with the party’s direction.
Tahir Bizenjo is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018.
Sana Jamali is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018.
Naseebullah Bazai is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018.
Sardar Muhammad Shafiq Tareen is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018.
Malik Imamuddin Shouqeen is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018. Previously he had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2007.
Muhammad Ayub Afridi is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2018 to December 2021.
Fida Mohammad Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018.
Akram Dashti is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,since March 2018.
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 25 July 2018. Newly formed Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) emerged as the largest party by winning 24 seats followed by Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal who won 10 seats. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won 7 seats for the very first time.
