The draw, for retirement of one half of Senate members, was held in the Parliament house on Monday. Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar conducted the draw.
The government lost 26 of its members against 24 of the opposition.
Both, leader of the house, Wasim Sajjad, and leader of the opposition, Mian Raza Rabbani, lost their seats.
As many as seven cabinet members - four federal and three state ministers - were among those, who would no more be senators after March 11, 2006 if they fail to get re-elected.
March 11 is the last day of third Senate year and these members would either be brought in again or replaced by new ones through fresh elections before that.
Till fresh elections, they would continue to be both ministers and Senate members.
Privatisation minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh is among those cabinet members, who will no more be in office if he is not re-elected as a senator in fresh election before March 11.
Other federal ministers, who seized to be senators, are: Javed Ashraf Qazi (education), Abdur Razzaq Thahim (local government) and Muhammad Ajmal Khan (tourism).
While Muhammad Ali Durrani (culture), Shahzad Wasim (interior) and Tariq Azim (overseas Pakistanis) are state ministers, who have to recharge their respective 'lobbies' for a re-election if they are to join the Senate again.
The opposition also sustained a loss, as its leader, Mian Raza Rabbani, is among those who will have to leave the house once in March. He, however, may be re-elected to lead the opposition again.
Ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) lost 17 of its members. Among its allied parties, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lost four of its members while Pakistan Muslim League (PML-F) and Balochistan National Party-Awami (BNP-A) lost one lawmaker each.
While three members from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), who sided with the government after being elected as independent candidates, also lost their seats.
A breakaway faction of PPP headed by interior minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao remained unhurt as both of its members retained their seats.
Among opposition parties, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) was the biggest loser with 11 members making the exit and followed by Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) with seven lawmakers, including vociferous Farhatullah Khan Babar.
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), Awami National Party (ANP), Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) and Balochistan National Movement lost one member each.
As many as two members, one of them from Fata, who were elected as independent candidates but joined the opposition later, also could not survive.
Like PPP-S, Pukhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) is among opposition parties remained unhurt and both of its members will continue to remain senators for a six-year term till March 11, 2009. According to draw Amanullah Kanrani, Ayaz Khan Mandokhal, Dr Azizullah Satakzai, Mohim Khan Baloch, Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Aslam Buledi, Muhammad Ismail Buledi, Rahmatullah Kakar, Roshan Khurshid Barocha, Saeed Ahmed Hashmi and Sherin Noor from Balochistan will stand retired from March 11, 2006.
Gulshan Saeed, Javed Ashraf Qazi, Ishaq Dar, Muhammad Akbar Khawaja, Muhammad Ali Durrani, Naeem Hussain Chattah, Dr Nighat Agha, S.M. Zafar, Syed Sajjad Hussain Bukhari, Dr Shahzad Wasim and Tariq Aziz Khan from Punjab will be retired.
Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Abdul Latif Ansari, Abdullah Riar, Abdul Razzaq Thahim, Abida Saif, Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Saeed Siddiqui, Nighat Mirza, Mian Raza Rabbani, Rukhsana Zuberi and Tanveer Khalid from Sindh will be retired.
Similarly, Farhatullah Babar, Fouzia Fakharuzzaman, Maulana Gul Naseeb, Syed Haydatullah Shah, Ilyas Ahmed Bilour, Qari Muhammad Abdullah, Professor Khurshid Ahmad, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, Professor Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Mumtaz Bibi and Syed Murad Ali Shah from NWFP will stand retired.
Mateen Shah, Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Syed Sajjad Hussain and Tahir Iqbal from Fata will stand retired while Professor Ghafoor Ahmad from federal capital will be retired.
Waseem Sajjad, who was elected on technocrat seat from the federal capital will automatically retire on March 11, as he was elected for a term of three years while Tahira Latif, elected on women reserve seat will complete her six-year tenure as she was elected for the whole term.