PESHAWAR – The chairman of Peshawar Zalmi, Javed Afridi on Saturday extended congratulations to two politicians from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on their election to the upper house of Pakistan’s parliament.
Afridi sent his wishes to his father-in law, Muhammad Ayub Afridi, and his cousin, Mirza Mohammad Afridi, on Twitter:
Mashallah! Congratulations on the victory in Senate Elections today. I am sure you will work harder to serve Pakistan. @MirzaMAfridi https://t.co/yUDHwm0j3L
— Javed Afridi (@JAfridi10) March 3, 2018
Alhamdulillah! I have been elected as Senator from KPK, representing @PTIofficial. I pledge to follow the vision and dream of @ImranKhanPTI of building ‘Naya Pakistan’ to fulfill dreams of the poor masses.
— Muhammad Ayub (@MuhammadAyubPTI) March 3, 2018
Mirza Mohammad Afridi was elected senator from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) by bagging 7 votes.
Mashallah! Congratulations on the victory in Senate Elections today. I am sure you will work harder to serve Pakistan. @MirzaMAfridi https://t.co/yUDHwm0j3L
— Javed Afridi (@JAfridi10) March 3, 2018
Honoured to be appointed Senator FATA Pakistan. I reiterate my resolve to serve the people of my consituency and my country to the best of my abilities.
— Mirza Muhammad Afridi (@MirzaMAfridi) March 3, 2018
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) managed to bag five seats on its home turf, with Ayub Afridi, Faisal Javed and Fida Muhammad successfully bagging a general seat each.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/polling-for-52-senate-seats-set-to-begin-shortly/
PTI’s Mehar Taj Roghani was elected to one of the women’s seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Also, PTI’s Azam Swati was elected to the technocrat seat for the province.
However, PTI-backed cleric Maulana Samiul Haq of Darul Uloom Haqqani could bag only three votes.
