{"id":7702,"date":"2021-03-13T07:12:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T07:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=7702"},"modified":"2021-10-26T23:52:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T18:52:54","slug":"pm-khan-congratulates-sanjrani-afridi-on-senate-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/pm-khan-congratulates-sanjrani-afridi-on-senate-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Khan congratulates Sanjrani, Afridi on Senate wins"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Prime Minister Imran\u00a0Khan\u00a0has on Saturday extended congratulations to Sadiq Sanjrani and Mirza Muhammad Afridi on winning the Senate chairman and deputy chairman elections.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The premier said in his tweet he is happy that Balochistan and former FATA got the two slots in line with his policy of mainstreaming those parts of Pakistan that have been marginalized or left behind in the past.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>It is pertinent here to mention that the members of the Upper House of the Parliament on Friday elected by a majority\u00a0vote the government-backed Sadiq Sanjrani and Mirza Muhammad Afridi as chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Balochistan Senator Sanjrani secured 48 votes out of a total of 98 cast for the seat of chairman Senate, defeating the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) \u2013 an 11-party opposition alliance \u2013 candidate Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani who received only 42 votes, while eight votes were rejected.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Likewise, ex-FATA Senator Mirza Afridi secured 54 votes out of a total of 98 cast for the seat of deputy chairman of the Senate, defeating PDM candidate Abdul Ghafoor Haideri who received only 44 votes.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Imran\u00a0Khan\u00a0has on Saturday extended congratulations to Sadiq Sanjrani and Mirza Muhammad Afridi on winning the Senate chairman and deputy chairman elections. 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