Govt nominates Sanjarani for senate chairmanship

“Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced Sadiq Sanjrani for Senate Chairmanship,” Information Minister Shibli Faraz announced in a Twitter statement today.

Prime Minister Ìmrañ Khan has announced Sadiq Sanjrani for Senate Chairmanship.

— Senator Shibli Faraz (@shiblifaraz) March 4, 2021

In a related development, Sanjrani met with National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. Responding to questions posed by journalists following the meeting, Qaiser said: “His personal opinion is that there is no better candidate than Sadiq Sanjrani [for the post of the chairman].”

Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI has announced Sadiq Sanjrani for Senate Chairmanship.#SenateElection2021 pic.twitter.com/JiOvc3f79S

— Prime Minister’s Office, Pakistan (@PakPMO) March 4, 2021

He said a session of the National Assembly would soon be convened in order for Prime Minister Imran Khan to take a vote of confidence. 181 members of the lower house of Parliament will vote for the prime minister, he said.

Prime Minister Khan decided to take a vote of confidence from the NA after the government and coalition partners-backed candidate Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh lost a Senate seat from Islamabad to a joint candidate of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani.

Mr Shaikh suffered defeat at the hands of Gilani in a major upset in yesterday’s Senate polls as the latter secured 169 votes as against 164 bagged by the former. The rejected votes played a key role in the opposition candidate’s win as these exceeded the margin of victory.

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