Pakistan’s opposition parties on Friday announced to bring a no-confidence motion next week against Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, who they claimed is pro-government.
Sanjrani from Balochistan was elected as chairman of theUpper House in 2018 when Pakistan People Party (PPP) and Imran Khan’s PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) joined hands to defeat the then ruling Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N).
The decision to bring the no-confidence motion againstSanjrani was taken by an 11-member committee of nine opposition parties,including Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Awami National Party (ANP).
“We have agreed that the Senate chairman should beremoved and motion against him will be submitted on July 9. The opposition willcome up with a new name for the post on July 11,” JUI-F leader Akram KhanDurrani told reporters here after a meeting of the committee.Durrani also announced that the opposition wouldobserve July 25, the anniversary of the 2018 general election, as a “blackday”.