ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira on Friday said that the opposition has agreed to replace the incumbent Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani.
While talking to media, Kaira said that the opposition’s committee will field a joint candidate for the office of the Senate chief.
“[Although] PPP had supported the existing chairman Senate but the circumstances have changed now,” the former minister said.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Talal Chaudhry has also hinted towards a possible change in the Upper House.
“Senate chairman is a symbol of selection and we want to honor the vote instead of selection,” Talal Chaudhry said in a statement.
According to a media report, the joint committee of the opposition parties will likely to pass a resolution advising Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani to tender his resignation to avoid a no-confidence move against him in the house.
If the chairman would not resign after the resolution then the opposition parties would move a no-confidence motion against him, opposition sources said.
Sanjrani had recently held a meeting with former president Asif Ali Zardari and reportedly sought his support to avoid the no-confidence motion against him.
He was elected Senate Chairman in March 2018 with the support of the PPP, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
