ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and Pakistan MuslimLeague–Nawaz (PML-N) have started lobbying for the position of Senatechairman and both parties were in the process of contacting smaller partiesas well as independent senators for support.

The names of Raja Zafarulhuq, Pervaiz Rashid and Raza Rabbani have emergedstrong for the slot of Chairman Senate.

Senate elections were held for 52 seats of the Upper House of Parliament,the outcome of which has seen the ruling PML-N and main opposition PPPgetting almost equal representation in the Senate.

Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif AliZardari has shifted his focus to opening the doors to win the Senatechairman slot.

The ruling PML-N is expected to filed party chairman Raja Zafarul Haq asthe candidate for the Senate chairman while, the name of Pervaiz Rasheedhas also been circulating for the top slot.

The king of reconciliation is said to be making his efforts to regain theslot of Senate Chairman by jacking up the number of his party’s senators inthe upper house.

PPP rivals, ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which has boostedits seats in the upper house in yesterday’s Senate polls has alsointensified contacts to win the coveted Senate office.

Earlier, according to detailed official result released by the ElectionCommission of Pakistan (ECP), the ruling PML-N backed candidates have wonmajority seats from Centre and Punjab and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP)from Sindh and PTI from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in election for 52 vacant seats.

The results show that PML-N has won 15 seats, PPP 12, PTI 6, National Partyand Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party clinched two each while Jammiat UlemaIslam (F), Jamat Islami, MQM (Pak) and PML-F won one each.

Ten independent candidates have also got victory in the Senate Election.The PML-N supported candidates have won both the Senate seats from theFederal Capital Territory.