Sherry Rehman, the PPP parliamentary leader, said since it was an “institutional meeting” between the leader of the house and the leader of the opposition. DawnNewsTV/File
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the Pakistan Peoples Party held a meeting on Thursday to discuss allocation of the Senate’s standing committees, sidelining a powerful 27-member group of opposition senators who refuse to accept PPP’s Yousuf Raza Gilani as leader of the opposition and seek a separate identity, informed sources told
Dawn.
The sources said the meeting between Dr Shahzad Waseem, leader of the house in the Senate, and Yousuf Raza Gilani, leader of the opposition, was called to work out a formula for allocation of standing committees. It was attended, among others, by federal ministers Syed Shibli Faraz and Azam Swati, and PPP’s parliamentary leader in the upper house, Sherry Rehman.
Political parties having representation in the upper house of parliament are now eyeing chairmanship of key committees. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: One month after emergence of the new Senate, political parties having representation in the upper house of parliament are now eyeing chairmanship of key committees as negotiations between the government and the opposition are under way to reach an understanding over the share of each side.
Sources in the government and the opposition parties told
Dawn on Sunday that an understanding between the two sides had already been reached over the number of standing and functional committees and the distribution of chairmanship responsibilities among them, but the allocation of committees was yet to be sorted out.
Opposition in Senate is a house divided
27 members of ‘independent opposition’ demand separate benches
PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Senators belonging to five Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) parties on Monday demanded that the Senate chairman allocate them separate benches in the upper house in what appears to be another sign of a widening rift between the PPP and the PML-N.
PML-N’s Azam Nazeer Tarar who heads the opposition lawmakers’ new bloc took the floor when the Senate session started and said that the 27 opposition lawmakers – belonging to the PML-N, the JUI-F, PkMAP, the NP and the BNP-M – are independent senators.
PM Imran Khan appoints new chief whip, parliamentary leader in Senate
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PTI govt appoints two new members in the Senate.
Senator Fida Muhammad has been made the PM s chief whip in the Senate, while Senator Ejaz Chaudhry has been appointed as the Parliamentary Leader of the PTI in the Senate.
The announcement was made by PM s aide on political communication, Shahbaz Gill.
The PTI government on Tuesday announced the appointment of two new members in the Senate.
Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister s aide on political communication Shahbaz Gill wrote that the premier has appointed Senator Fida Mohammad as his chief whip in the Senate.
PTI appoints new parliamentary leader and chief whip in Senate
Pakistan
Pictures of Senator Fida Muhammad (L) and Senator Ejaz Chaudhry of the PTI. Photos: senate.gov.pk / Twitter.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill on Tuesday took to Twitter and announced that the premier has decided to appoint two new members in the Senate.
Per the decision, Senator Fida Mohammad has been appointed as the PTI s chief whip in the Senate, while Senator Ejaz Chaudhary will be the new Parliamentary Leader of the PTI in the Senate, Gill wrote.
As reported by
Geo.tv, Senator Fida Mohammad was preceded by Sajjad Turi, who is not a senator anymore, while Senator Ejaz Chaudhary has replaced Dr Shahzad Waseem.