Rana Sana elected senator from Punjab
- By Web Desk -
- Sep 09, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Senior PML-N leader and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Inter-Provincial Coordination, Rana Sana, has been elected as a Senator from Punjab in Tuesday’s by-election.
The Returning Officer and Punjab Election Commissioner, Sharif Ullah, issued the results, confirming Rana Sana’s victory.
Rana Sana secured 250 votes, while one vote was declared invalid, defeating Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Salma Ejaz Chaudhry.
It is worth mentioning that the Senate seat became vacant following the disqualification of PTI leader Ejaz Chaudhry in connection with the May 9 cases.
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Earlier, the anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) in Lahore and Sargodha sentenced the three PTI lawmkers to 10 years in prison in different May 9 cases of same nature.
Senator Ejaz Chaudhry along with other party leaders including Dr. Yasmin Rashid, former Punjab Governor Umar Sarfraz Cheema, Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed was awarded 10 years imprisonment each in a case pertaining to arson and vandalism on May 9, 2023.
The court acquitted Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the same case.
The trial court had pronounced its reserved verdict in the case related to rioting at Sherpao Bridge on May, following PTI founder Imran Khan’s arrest.