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March 9, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The 10-party Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Monday unanimously agreed upon Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani as their candidate for the Senate chairman, while a committee â comprising members from all the component parties of the Movement â has been constituted for creating consensus on candidates for the deputy chairman Senate and opposition leader.
PML-N leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will head this committee comprising Iftikhar Hussain, Doctor Jamaldini, Tahir Bazenjo, Usman Kakar, Akram Khan Durrani, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Hafiz Abdul Kareem as members.
The committee will meet at Islamabad on Tuesday (today) with Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the chair. The PDM meeting lasted around seven hours during which Nawaz Sharif, who participated through the video link, and Fazlur Rehman were seen on the same page on the issue of fresh elections.
CHARSADDA: Senate Chairman Mohammad Sadiq Sanjrani and federal defence minister Pervez Khattak visited the Wali Bagh here on Sunday and met senior leadership of the Awami National Party seeking its support for the election of the chairman of the Upper House of Parliament.
The delegation met ANP senior vice-president Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, general secretary Main Iftikhar Hussain and the party’s provincial president Aimal Wali Khan.
ANP central president Asfandyar Wali could not meet the delegation because of health reasons, according to a statement.
ANP leader from Balochistan Eng Zamarak Khan Achakzai, who is also minister for agriculture and cooperatives, accompanied Mr Sanjrani.
PTI delegation led by Pervez Khattak meets ANP leaders in Peshawar; Sadiq Sanjarani also part of visit
Defence Minister Pervez Khattak in a meeting with the ANP representatives in Peshawar on March 7, 2021. PHOTO: EXPRESS
PESHAWAR:
In a surprise move, a government delegation, headed by Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, visited the opposition Awami National Party on Sunday, to garner support for the March 12 election of the Senate chairman.
The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf delegation met ANP Central Senior Vice President Amir Haider Khan Hoti at Wali Bagh in Peshawar. The PTI candidate for the slot, Sadiq Sanjrani, who is the incumbent upper house of parliament chairman, was also present.
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