By News report
CHARSADDA/LAHORE: Hectic political maneuvering is on with both the government and the united opposition engaged in a whirlwind of meetings to garner the support of political parties for election of their respective candidates as the Senate chairman and deputy chairman.
A government-sponsored delegation Sunday met Awami National Party (ANP) leadership at Wali Bagh to seek their support for the upcoming election of chairman Senate. The delegation, comprising the Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak, met ANP leaders Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, Mian Iftikhar Hussain and Aimal Wali Khan.
The ANP s newly elected Senator Arbab Umar Farooq, Hidayatullah Khan and Engineer Zmarak Khan were also present on the occasion.
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PTM, ANP challenge govt claim PM got 178 votes
National
March 7, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leaders Mohsin Dawar MNA and Awami National Party Secretary General Mian Iftikhar Hussain challenged the government claim that 178 votes were cast in favour of Prime Minister Imran Khan during the vote of confidence proceedings on Saturday.
MNA from North Waziristan Mohsin Dawar claimed that the said number of lawmakers were not present in the lower house of the parliament at the time of voting. The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader said he would challenge the 178 figure – the number of votes Premier Imran officially secured in Saturday’s session – demanding an investigation into the matter. “This should be investigated through video footage to ascertain as to how many MNAs were genuinely present in the House and whose vote was counted as a formality,” said Dawar, who was the only opposition lawmaker present in the assembly.