Speaking to media here, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said that it will field Saleem Mandviwalla on the deputy chairman seat-Geo News

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday announced to support Sadiq Sanjrani, an independent candidate elected from Balochistan, for the Senate chairman slot.

Speaking to media here, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said that it will field Saleem Mandviwalla on the deputy chairman seat.

Earlier, the PPP and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had given Chief Minister Balochistan Abdul Quddus Bizenjo the authority to bring forth a joint candidate for the slots with help of the newly-elected independent senators from Balochistan.

The PTI also announed to throw its weight behind Sanjrani. 

Chief minister of Balochistan, Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, held a meeting with PTI Chairman Imran Khan at his Bani Gala residence earlier today along with independent senators from the province.

Following the meeting, the PTI spokesperson informed the media that the party will support Sadiq Sanjrani, an independent senator-elect from Balochistan for the Senate chairman.

Sanjrani is also expected to be voted in by indepedent senators elected from Balochistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

PML-N, allies finalise candidates for Senate chairman, deputy

Hasil Bizenjo talking to media after a meeting of PML-N and its allies today said that they have finalised names for the chairman and deputy chairman slots but that they will wait for an announcement from the PPP till tonight.

The PML-N will back Rabbani if he is fielded by PPP for the chairman slot, otherwise Nawaz Sharif will announce the PML-N candidate in the morning tomorrow, Bizenjo said earlier today.

PML-N leader Zaeem Qadri confirmed the same while speaking in Geo News show Lekin.

When asked if the PML-N wants the chairman to be from Balochistan, Qadri said the chairman "should be and will be" from the province.