The government has snatched the chairmanship of the Senate despite the opposition having a majority in the House and Sadiq Sanjarani has been re-elected as the chairman of the Senate while the PDM candidate is former Prime Minister Syed Yusuf. Raza Gilani has suffered defeat.
After the completion of voting in the House for the election of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Senate, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamaat-e-Islami was waited for another 20 minutes till 5 pm but he did not come. Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamaat-e-Islami has announced not to vote. Today, 98 senators took part in the voting for the election of the Chairman Senate. It is to be noted that the government has 47 members while the number of members of the opposition parties is 51 but the voting process has been completed by secret ballot.
The first vote was cast by JUI leader and deputy chairman candidate Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri. The election of deputy chairman will be conducted by the elected chairman of the senate. Senators were called to cast their votes in alphabetical order. Earlier, hidden cameras were found in a polling booth set up in the House, which caused a commotion and protest by the opposition, but taking note of the matter, the presiding officer immediately ordered the setting up of a new polling booth and directed an inquiry. Of
According to details, a meeting of the Upper House is underway under the chairmanship of Presiding Officer Senator Muzaffar Hussain, during which an important battle has started between the government and opposition candidates for the election of a new Deputy Chairman of the Senate. Presiding Officer Muzaffar Hussain Shah cast his vote. Announcing the commencement of the polls, he said that the members should cast their votes till 5 pm, the promise of transparent elections has been fulfilled, the members can go to the polling booth and rest, the stamp will be changed after every 25 votes, camera in the polling booth, mobile phone. Polling will be closed at 5 p.m.
PTI and ruling coalition candidate Sadiq Sanjarani and former PPP Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani are joint opposition candidates in the upcoming battle for the post of chairman and vice-chairman of the upper house after the tumultuous Senate elections. Opposition has fielded Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, senior leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), while the government has fielded Mirza Muhammad Afridi, a former senator from FATA. According to Senate rules, in case of a contest between the two candidates, one candidate Will have to get a majority of the total number of members of the House, ie at least 51% of the votes.
The newly elected senators were the first to take the oath of office. According to the rules, the presiding officer appointed by the President, Senator Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah administered the oath of office to the newly elected members of the Senate. ۔ The Presiding Officer declared the nomination papers of the candidates valid. The meeting was adjourned for Friday prayers after which the Presiding Officer released the schedule for the election of Chairman and Deputy Chairman Senate.
It may be recalled that after the swearing in of the newly elected members, it was revealed that cameras were installed in the polling booth after which the presiding officer Muzaffar Hussain Shah ordered to set up a new polling booth and directed an investigation.
