Major setback to PTI as Gilani wins Capital Senate seat.

Islamabad/ Karachi/ Peshawar -- In a blow to the government, the joint opposition candidate Yousuf Raza Gilani won the hotly contested general seat from Islamabad, beating PTI's Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, according to unofficial and unverified results.

Gilani won 169 votes, while Shaikh bagged 164 votes. Seven votes cast for the general seat from Islamabad were rejected.

After Gilani was declared the winner, he was seen shaking hands and walking on the Senate floor with Shaikh.

'I would like to thank the PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement),' said Gilani at a press conference in the evening alongside PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. 'This win is a win for democracy.'

Meanwhile, the women seat from the capital went to PTI's Fozia Arshad, who defeated PML-N's Farzana Kausar. The first Senate hopeful to be declared a winner on a general seat was independent candidate Abdul Qadir from Balochistan.

Following candidates are among the winners in the country's provincial capitals, as per unofficial and unverified results: Sindh Palwasha Khan - PPP (Women), Saleem Mandviwalla - PPP (General), Sherry Rehman - PPP (General), Farook Naek - PPP (Technocrats), Saifullah Abro - PTI (Technocrats), Khalida Ateeb - MQM-P (Women), Jam Mahtab Dahar - PPP (General),Taj Haider - PPP (General), Faisal Vawda - PTI (General), Faisal Subzwari - MQM-P (General), Shahadat Awan - PPP (General)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Sania Nishtar - PTI (Women), Falak Naz - PTI (Women), Dost Muhammad Khan - PTI (Technocrats), Hamayun Mohmand - PTI (Technocrats), Gurdeep Singh - PTI (Minorities),

Shibli Faraz - PTI (General), Mohsin Aziz - PTI (General), Liaquat Khan Tarakai - PTI (General),

Faisal Saleem Rehman - PTI (General),

Zeeshan Khanzada - PTI (General), Hidayatullah Khan - ANP (General), Attaur Rehman - JUI-F (General)

Balochistan

Sarfaraz Bugti - BAP (General), Manzoor Ahmed - BAP (General),

Prince Ahmed Umer Ahmedzai - BAP (General), Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri - JUI-F (General), Muhammad Qasim - BNP (General),AAbdul Qadir - Independent (General), Umer Farooq - ANP (General),

Saeed Ahmed Hashmi - BAP (Technocrats), Kamran Murtaza - JUI-F (Technocrats), Naseema Ehsan - Indepdendent (Women), and Samina Mumtaz - BAP (Women) However, in Punjab, there were 11 seats but all the senators have been elected unopposed.

Voting took place through secret ballots after a long-drawn open ballot...