ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP) increased their efforts to get support of the independent candidatesto assure their supremacy in the upper house of the parliament.

Both the parties trying to get maximum support before the election ofChairman and deputy chairman of Senate as they were trying hard to bringtheir own candidates on the two seats.

PPP and PML-N are making contact with the newly elected eight senators fromBalochistan and four independent senators of Federally Administered TribalAreas.

The private news channel reported that PPP delegation that reached Quettaearlier today has claimed that all of the eight independent senators fromBalochistan have assured the party of their support in the upcoming poll.

PPP’s Dr Abdul Qayyum Soomro (left) and Faisal Karim Kundi (right) reachedQuetta here on Sunday, March 4, 2018, to convince the newly electedindependent Senators to form an alliance with their party. Photo: Geo News

The delegation, comprising of Dr Abdul Qayyum Soomro, Faisal Karim Kundiand Ali Madad Jattak, reached Quetta earlier today to meet Chief Ministerof Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo.

The party leaders had held talks to convince the newly elected independentsenators to join the party upon the special instructions of PPP Co-ChairmanAsif Ali Zardari.

According to reports, PML-N has now a total of 33 seats in the Upper Houseand the party has 48 seats in the Senate.

Similarly, PPP was replaced as the largest party in the Senate afterSaturday’s polls. The party, down six seats, has a total of 21 seats. Alongwith its allies, the party holds 40 seats in the Upper House of theParliament.