National
March 12, 2021
LAHORE: Senate Chairman Mir Sadiq Sanjrani is one of the few lucky politicians in the country, who have had a congenial working relationship with multiple political governments of yore.
However, as he is striving to get re-elected on this prized position by defeating Yousaf Raza Gillani. He has somehow fallen out of favour with the two major national political parties led by Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari who had once chosen him to serve their governments.
A peek into Sanjrani’s brief yet eventful political innings reveals that in March 2018, he was elected as the eighth chairman of Senate after securing 57 of the 103 polled votes, as both Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had rallied behind this independent candidate’s nomination. Raja Zafarul Haq, the PML-N candidate, could win the nod of only 46 senators. Sanjrani was nominated by the-then Balochistan chief minister, Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo.
Sanjrani served under both PPP and PML-N thenews.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenews.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Even with all the allies added up, the ruling coalition will still be a few seats short of gaining an absolute majority. AFP/File
There will be heartbreak in PTI. When you are the ruling party, and you have just strengthened your position against your opponents, and you have the largesse of the government at your disposal, and a large band of people who have warred with ferocious ambition, and the Senate elections are but a few weeks away, and there are tickets to be distributed, and the line of warriors circles around the Red Zone then, be warned heartbreak house is across the bend for many aspirants.