F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Former premier and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supermo Nawaz Sharif called a meeting with allies of his parties on Thursday to discuss the name for the Senate chairmanship.
Both the PML-N and PPP have increased efforts to contact allies for the upcoming polls for the position of chairman and deputy chairman of the Upper House of Parliament.
Meanwhile Mualana Fazal-u-Rehman also called a meeting of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam–F (JUI-F) has also called a party meeting on Thursday afternoon.
PPP had earlier claimed to have the support of eight senators from FATA for the two seats.
The development came on Tuesday following a meeting between PPP leaders Dr Qayyum Soomro and Senator Saleem Mandviwala and the independent FATA senators.
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