17 PML-N senators set to retire in March next year
Last updated on: 15 December,2020 09:56 pm
Shibli Faraz, Sirajul Haq, Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Maulana Attaur Rehman is among retiring senators.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – As the federal government is considering holding Senate elections in February instead of March and has decided to approach the Election Commission for consultation and seek the opinion of the Supreme Court for show of hands, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will be the biggest loser in terms of representation as 17 of its senators out of 30 are set to retire in March next year.
The government is considering the proposal to hold the Senate election in February instead of March for which the federal government has decided to approach the Election Commission.
As many as 52 out of 103 senators including 17 out of 30 senators of PML-N and eight out of 21 senators of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) will retire during next year s Senate elections.
Ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) seven and four senators of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-Pakistan) will retire.
There are two members each from the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F), National Party (NP) and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and one each from the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Awami National Party (ANP) who are retiring from the Senate.
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq is among the retiring senators.
Leader of Opposition in Senate Raja Zafarul Haq, Mushahidullah Khan, Pervaiz Rasheed of the PML-N and Deputy Chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwala, Sherry Rehman, Rehman Malik and Farooq H Naik of the PPP are among the retiring senators.
Syed Shibli Faraz, Mohsin Aziz and Nauman Wazir of the ruling PTI and JUI-F’s Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and Maulana Attaur Rehman are among those retiring from the Upper House of the Parliament.