Tag: Senate Chairman

PTI to support Senate chairman candidate from Balochistan: Sarwar

Says party will not vote for PPP, PML-N candidate PTI announces minority wing office-bearers for central Punjab   LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and Senator Chaudhry Muhammad...

PML-N claims it has majority votes to elect Senate chairman

-- Names of the PML-N nominees for Senate chairman, deputy chairman to be unveiled on Sunday -- Groups of independent senators-elect from Balochistan and FATA...

Senate chairman to be nominated after consensus within opposition: Balochistan CM

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister (CM) Abdul Quddus Bizenjo denied on Friday that he had entrusted Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari to...

CM Bizenjo, FATA senators meet Zardari, Bilawal

  ISLAMABAD: The senators from Federal Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Qudus Bizenjo called on former president and Pakistan People’s Party...

PPP, PML-N should bring joint candidate for Senate chairman: Fazal

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chairman Maulana Fazalur Rehman on Friday said that attempts were being made to bring closer the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and...

PPP claims support of 57 senators for Senate chairmanship

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Dr Qayoom Soomro has claimed that the party now has the support of 57 senators for the position...

Investigators made ‘bogus’ cases against me: Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that the investigators failed to prove the corruption charges against him and made bogus cases instead. Speaking...

Nawaz nominates Bizenjo for Senate chairmanship

JUI-F decides to support Nawaz at this trying time JI remains undecided on who to support   ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif...

PPP, PTI likely to reach agreement on Senate chairman post

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are warming up to each other in a bid to reach an agreement on selecting the...

Ruling party to lose more MNAs to PTI

LAHORE: Some MNAs of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) are likely to defect to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said veteran journalist, senior analyst and Pakistan...

Zardari shoots down Nawaz’s proposal for Senate chief nominee

PML-N leader says his party, allies willing to support PPP's Rabbani as chairman but Zardari says he's not interested PPP likely to nominate...

JUI-F recommends Rabbani as joint candidate for Senate chairman

ISLAMABAD: The ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) suffered a severe shock on Monday when its ally Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam - Fazl (JUI-F), in a...

PPP contacts PTI for top Senate positions

KARACHI: Senior leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have been contacted by Pakistan People's Party (PPP) for talks on electing candidates for Senate chairman and deputy chairman seats to...

PPP will elect its chairman in Senate: Bilawal

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Sunday that his party has established contact with all opposition parties for the purpose of...

PML-N seeks PPP’s support for Senate top slots

PML-N in better position to clinch chairman, deputy chairman seats PPP may lose the numbers game as PTI is a major stumbling block ISLAMABAD:...

Political parties increase efforts for Senate chairmanship

ISLAMABAD: The political temperature of Pakistan is on the rise as political parties have doubled their efforts to establish the strategic alliance for the seat of...

Senate chairman calls for dialogue among stakeholders to avoid confrontation, destabilisation

  ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Monday called for national dialogue among all the stakeholders of the state including military, politicians and judiciary as...