PML-N to bring its own candidate for Senate Chairman, says Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan People's Party has turned down the proposal of PML-N which suggested the name of Raza Rabbani as Senate Chairman again for the next tenure.

However, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said that the party did not want to continue Raza Rabbani. This he said after meeting with JUI-F leader Maulana Fazlur Rahman. Earlier, Maulana Fazlur Rahman attended the PML-N's consultative meeting with its allies.

In that meeting, Nawaz Sharif said PML-N would bring its own candidate for the post of Chairman Senate if Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) did not agree to its suggestion of re-election of Raza Rabbani as chairman Senate.

Talking to media here after a meeting with allies of PML-N, he said he told the allies that Raza Rabbani had been a good chairman of Senate and his party was willing to support it.

During the consultative meeting, Pakistan Muslim League(N) and its allies discussed the prevailing political situation and election of the next chairman Senate.

Leaders of National Party, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and Jamiat Ulema Islam (F) including Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, Hasil Bizenjo and Maulana Fazlur Rehman attended the meeting besides leading members of PML-N.