Rehman Malik elected as Senator, notification issued

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has been re-elected unopposed as Senator from Sindh on Monday, Geo News reported. According to sources, Provincial Election Commissioner Sonu Khan issued the notification pertaining to Malik’s re-election to Senate unopposed after scrutinizing his nomination papers. Earlier on Friday, Malik had submitted his nomination papers for a Senate seat from Sindh. By the end of the office hours, nobody else had filed papers with Sindh’s Election Commissioner. The seat had fallen vacant when Malik had resigned from the upper house of parliament over the issue of dual nationality. While talking to the media, Malik thanked MQM chief Altaf Hussain and Arbab Ghulam Rahim for their support.