In pictures: Senate elections 2018

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In pictures: Senate elections 2018

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(Web Desk) – Polling for 52 seats of the senate concluded on Saturday as various MPAs and MNAs cast their votes amid tight security in and around the parliament and all provincial assemblies.

For 52 seats, 131 contestants participated in the senate elections. Polling in all four provincial assemblies and the parliament started at 9am and continued until 4pm.

Candidates of ruling PML-N contested the polls as independent candidates after the top court earlier this year ruled that all tickets issued to candidates for Senate elections by disqualified Nawaz Sharif were annulled.

Rangers and personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) were deployed outside all four provincial assemblies and the parliament to maintain security during voting and election of fresh senators for a term of six years.

Police personnel check motorcyclists outside Sindh Assembly during the polling for the Senate elections. Photo: OINN

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazal ur Rehman arrives at the National Assembly to cast his vote for the Senate elections. Photo: OINN

PTI-G chief Ayesha Gulalai leaving National Assembly after casting her vote during Senate elections. Photo: OINN

ANP leader Ghulam Ahmed Bilour arrives at the National Assembly to cast his vote for Senate elections 2018. Photo: OINN

PMLN leader Hamza Shehbaz leaving National Assembly after casting his vote. Photo: OINN

A view of dark clouds hovering above the Punjab Assembly on the morning of Senate elections. Photo: OINN

PMLQ leader Chaudhry Pervez Elahi arrives at the Punjab Assembly during Senate elections. Photo: OINN

Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif arrives at the Punjab Assembly to cast his vote during polling for Senate elections. Photo: OINN

Foreign Affairs Minister Khawaja Asif arrives at the National Assembly to cast his vote during Senate elections. Photo: OINN