PTI names the candidate for the slot of the Deputy Chairman Senate

PTI names the candidate for the slot of the Deputy Chairman Senate

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan summons meeting of the allied parties to mull over the nomination of the deputy chairman Senate, citing sources.

The meeting will be held today in Islamabad, in which PM Khan will take allied parties into confidence over the name of deputy chairman Senate. Sources privy to the development said, most probably the deputy chairman will be named from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the province holds the highest number of Senators.

BAP’s Sadiq Sanjrani has been again named for chairman Senate office by the PTI government and the deputy chairman will be from the PTI. Furthermore, the names of Mirza Afridi, Ejaz Chaudhry and Faisal Javed Khan are under discussion for the deputy chairman Senate, said sources.

On Tuesday, Federal Minister Pervaiz Khattak had offered the office of Deputy Chairman Senate to the JUI-F. Pervaiz Khattak and JUI Secretary-General Abdul Ghafoor Haideri link were jointly talking with media persons here.