All eyes on senate as Parliament’s upper house to elect its chairman, deputy chairman tomorrow

According to details, the session would meet in the morning for oath-taking ceremony of newly elected senators following which the session will be adjourned and nomination papers for the chairman and deputy chairman will be submitted.

After the resumption of session, the house would elect its chairman and deputy chairman.

The government has nominated current Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani as his candidate while the opposition is supporting former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, who deafeated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI)’s Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the recently-held Senate polls.

Gillani’s victory came as a blow for PTI, following which Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to take vote of confidence from the parliament. PM also accused opposition of vote selling and using money to influence the polls.

For the slot of Deputy Chairman, PDM has nominated Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, while government has not yet finalized the name.

A total of 48 senators have been elected to replace outgoing lawmakers.

Out of selected, two senators are from Islamabad, 12 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11 from Punjab, 12 from Balochistan and 11 from Sindh.