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 alliedparties to mull over the nomination of the deputy chairman Senate, citingsources.

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

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

On Tuesday, Federal Minister Pervaiz Khattak had offered the office ofDeputy Chairman Senate to the JUI-F. Pervaiz Khattak and JUISecretary-General Abdul Ghafoor Haiderilink werejointly talking with media persons here.