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March 9, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The 10-party Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Monday unanimously agreed upon Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani as their candidate for the Senate chairman, while a committee â comprising members from all the component parties of the Movement â has been constituted for creating consensus on candidates for the deputy chairman Senate and opposition leader.
PML-N leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will head this committee comprising Iftikhar Hussain, Doctor Jamaldini, Tahir Bazenjo, Usman Kakar, Akram Khan Durrani, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Hafiz Abdul Kareem as members.
The committee will meet at Islamabad on Tuesday (today) with Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the chair. The PDM meeting lasted around seven hours during which Nawaz Sharif, who participated through the video link, and Fazlur Rehman were seen on the same page on the issue of fresh elections.