Pakistan
Ishaq Dar appointed presiding officer for first Senate session
President Zardari on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the summary of appointing Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.
Islamabad: The Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has been appointed as the presiding officer for the election of the chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate and the swearing in of the newly elected senators.
In the first session of the Senate, the oath-taking of the newly elected senators and the election of the chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate will be held, for which President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari signed the summary of appointing Ishaq Dar as the presiding officer.
President Zardari on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the summary of appointing Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.
In this regard, the Senate Secretariat says that according to the parliamentary tradition, only a present senator can be the presiding officer of the first meeting.
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