Pakistan, ISLAMABAD Polling for 19 Senate seats is underway, as candidates on 31 seats have already returned unopposed. Media coverage of the polling has not been allowed. Presently, 79 candidates are vying for the Senate slots against 19 seats, including 11 Balochistan seats and four each for the NWFP and the Fata. The National Assembly hall has been declared a polling station. Eleven MNAs from Fata will be electing four senators for the tribal areas for which hectic lobbying has been under way. The newly elected Senators will take oath on March 12.
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