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Top Story 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. ....
There were no comments from the PTI in this regard. APP/File QUETTA: In a dramatic development, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)’s ticket holder for Senate election, Syed Zahoor Agha, withdrew his nomination papers along with three candidates of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) on Thursday. Mr Agha was awarded PTI ticket after the party withdrew its ticket from business tycoon Mohammad Abdul Qadir following strong opposition to his nomination from the Balochistan chapter of the party. Spokesman for the Balochistan government, Liaquat Shahwani said in his tweet that Mr Agha had withdrawn from the contest in favour of the BAP. He said that BAP President Jam Kamal Alyani had requested the PTI leadership for withdrawing its candidate in favour of his party. ....
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