ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday announced to support Opposition’s candidate for Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani, besides announcing not to filed candidate for deputy chairman’s slot.
During a luncheon meeting at Prime Minister, the premier said that the appointment of a chairman for Senate should be decided after consultations with all parties.
The luncheon meeting was attended by political leaders and heads from PPP, Awami National Party (ANP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI), National Party (NP) and Pashtunkhwai Milli Awami Party (PkMAP).
The premier said that the ruling Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) initiated the process of holding consultations with all political leaders to come to a consensus on national issues, which yielded positive results.
He mentioned that PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting on Monday for all parties to come to a consensus on a candidate for Senate chairmanship and said that his party too endorses Raza Rabbani, in order to further promote the culture of mutual consensus between political parties.
PM Nawaz further added that the government along with other parties made serious efforts to put an end to horse trading in the politics.
The opposition parties unanimously nominated on Monday PPP’s Raza Rabbani as their candidate for the office of Senate chairman.
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