57 senators to back Nawaz-nominated PML-N's Senate chairmanship candidate: party
PML-N's Mushahid Ullah claimed 57 Senators would support PML-N's candidate for Senate chairmanship
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – 57 Senators will back the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate for the position of Senate chairmanship who will be decided by the party’s supremo Nawaz Sharif, a party official told on Saturday.
With less than two days before the much-awaited Senate chairman election next Monday, the PML-N has held various meetings with the party leaders, allies, and potential supporters for the poll.
PML-N Senator and senior leader Mushahid Ullah Khan claimed on Saturday said, “PML-N candidate will have the backing of 57 Senators.”
He added that only the ex-PM had the authority to make all decisions, stressing that the PML-N held support for the position of Senate chairman and deputy chairman. On a question, he said he was not sure whether PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari had been considering the name of Raza Rabbani for the post.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister of Balochistan Abdul Quddus Bizenjo denied that he had entrusted Zardari to nominate Senate Chairman.
Speaking in programme ‘Dunya Kamran Kay Saath’, Bizenjo said that he has not given any authority to Zardari for nominating Senate Chairman.
He asserted that if PPP did not agree to select an independent senator of Balochistan for Senate Chairman, his party will then consult Imran Khan.
PML-N meetings
The consultation stage between the PML-N and its allies has entered the final phase. A number of names came forward for Senate chairmanship candidate in the session chaired by Nawaz Sharif. Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Mir Hasil Bizenjo, PkMAP’s Usman Kakkar and Azam Musa Kheil also took part in the meeting.
On being asked whether he was going to PML-N’s candidate for the position, Bizenjo smiled and asked everyone to pray. A delegation of MQM-P’s PIB Colony faction also met Nawaz Sharif. Farooq Sattar said he trusted Rabbani.
