March 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The government Tuesday offered the slot of deputy chairman Senate to JUI-F leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, who has also been nominated by PDM for the same slot.
Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak made the offer in a bid to get Haideri’s support for the top slot of the Upper House of Parliament.
“We offer him the seat of the Senate deputy chairman,” Khattak said while responding to a volley of questions during an informal talk with newsmen in the corridors of the Parliament House after a meeting with JUI-F senior leader. Haideri, whose party is also a member of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), however, said neither he could predict who would be elected as the Senate chairman on March 12 nor had he been informed about PDM’s decision about candidates for the top slots of Senate. When pressed to confirm whether he had been offered the slot of the Senate deputy chairman by the government, he said leaders from other political parties were also s
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