Shehbaz Sharif holds emergency meeting with PML-N senators
Last updated on: 02 August,2019 03:06 pm
Shehbaz Sharif holds emergency meeting with PML-N senators.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif held an emergency meeting with party senators on Friday (today) after no-trust motion against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani was rejected.
Shehbaz Sharif – while chairing the session – expressed concerns over failure of the move and affirmed that serious action will be taken against the 14 senators who voted against their party after identification.
PML-N also deliberated on the reasons due to which its members voted for the government, and devised future strategy.
It is worth mentioning here that the no-trust motion against Sadiq Sanjrani was tabled by Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Raja Zafarul Haq.
A total of 100 senators, including Sanjrani, took part in the polling process on Thursday. Senator Javed Abbasi was appointed the polling agent on behalf of the opposition, while Senator Nauman Wazir was appointed on behalf of the government.
50 votes were received in favor of the no-confidence motion. The opposition needed at least 53 votes for the resolution to be passed but fell just three votes short of victory.
Read more: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani survives no-confidence motion
64 senators had stood up in support of the motion to table the no-confidence resolution when Barrister Saif directed senators, who were in favor of the resolution, to stand on their seats.