Times of Islamabad

Names of 52 Senators who would be retiring in March 2021

Names of 52 Senators who would be retiring in March 2021

ISLAMABAD: Top members from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will be among the52 Senators set to retire on 12 March 2021 after completion of theirsix-year tenure, ARY NEWS reported.

According to details, Rehman Malik, Raza Rabbani, Farooq H Naek, SherryRehman, Saleem Mandviwalla will be among seven top PPP lawmakers set toretire after completing their tenure.

Usman Kakar from Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), Abdul GhafoorHaideri from JUI-F, independent candidates Sajjad Turi, Momin Afridi, TajAfridi, and Aurangzeb Orakzai will be among the retiring Senators.

From PML-N, their top Senators including Pervaiz Rashid, Raja Zafarul Haq,Mushahid Ullah Khan, Javed Abbasi, Kulsoom Parveen, Prof Sajid Mir andSaleem Zia will also superannuate.

Six members of the PTI including Mohsin Aziz, Information Minister ShibliFaraz, Noman Wazir, Prof Dr. Mehr Taj Roghani, and Zeeshan Khanzada willalso complete their six-year-tenure of Senate in March 2021.

Sitara Ayaz of ANP, Muhammad Tahir Bizinjo, Mir Kabeer Ahmed Muhammad Shahiand Dr. Ashok Kumar of National Party, and Sarfaraz Bugti of BalochistanAwami Party (BAP) are also among some of the prominent lawmakers set toretire.Province and party wise retirement of Senators

According to details link, 11Senators each from Sindh and Punjab province and 12 each from KhyberPakhtunkhwa and Balochistan will complete their six-year term in March 2021.

The PML-N will lose most Senators as its 17 members will complete theirtenure, followed by seven Senators each from PPPP and PTI, four lawmakersfrom MQM-P, and two from JUI-F.

BAP and PkMAP will lose three and two lawmakers from the upper house of theParliament respectively, followed by one lawmaker each will retire fromJamaat-i-Islami, BNP-Mengal, and ANP.