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Former Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gillani elected as Senate Chairman
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Syedal Khan Nasir were elected as Pakistan's Senate chairman and deputy chairman, Dawn reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: Senate to elect new chairman, deputy chairman today
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The upper house of Parliament, will convene on Tuesday at 9 am to swear in newly elected members and elect the chairman and deputy chairman, according to a circular released by the Senate Secretariat, reported ARY News.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf moves to Islamabad High Court over Senate chairma
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The petition, filed by the five PTI senators, claimed that the current electoral college is incomplete and therefore 'unconstitutional', as the Senate polls were not held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf nominates Ali Zafar as candidate for Opposition l
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan announced the names on Saturday after he met PTI founder Imran Khan at Adiala Jail.
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SIC moves Pak poll body to postpone Senate chairman, deputy chairman elect
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
On behalf of the SIC, attorney Hamid Khan filed the plea requesting that the ECP call an early election to fill 11 Senate seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Pak: Senate session set for April 9 amidst pending KP elections
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
During the Senate session, the newly elected senators are slated to recite their oaths, with the election for the chairman and deputy chairman positions set to take place on the same day, according to sources.
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Pakistan: Balochistan awaits cabinet formation
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Bugti, who took the oath as chief minister on March 2, had earlier hinted that the cabinet would be formed after the Senate elections, and the swearing-in of the ministers was likely on April 4.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf criticises senate polls delay in Khyber Pakhtunkh
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's core committee said the delay in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senate elections was an attempt to blatantly disregard the Constitution, assault the unity of the federation and abuse the voting right.
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Election Commission of Pakistan announces the victory of 37 senators
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued notifications of 37 candidates who were elected to the Senate in the April 2 elections
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf wants to run away from Senate elections: PML-N
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senate elections were previously postponed by the Pakistani Election Commission because opposition party members with reserved seats were unable to take the oath of office.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf criticises election commission's decision to post
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In a statement, a PTI spokesperson called the postponement of Senate polls for not administering the oath to members on reserved seats in the provincial assembly "ridiculous" as the heads of state were also elected without members on reserved seats in national and provincial assemblies.
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Pakistan ruling coalition sweeps Senate elections, wins 18 of 19 seats
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The ruling coalition on Tuesday swept the Senate elections for 19 seats while the polling was postponed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over a dispute in the swearing-in of Opposition members elected to reserved seats, Dawn reported.
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