Upcoming Senate polls make by-elections do-or-die clash
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: The crucial forthcoming elections to half of the Senate have made by-polls a do-or-die struggle, adding more fuel to the fire of the current political tension between the government and opposition. Since every vote in the electoral college, comprising the national and provincial assemblies, carries weight in the Senate elections, every political party is trying even more desperately than usual to win each seat contested in the by-polls at all costs. Winning or losing a seat in the Punjab or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assemblies might not make any major difference in the Senate polls from the two provinces because of the numerical positions of the parliamentary parties in these...