In a follow-up to the recent accountability wave which witnessed the incarceration of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, the respective parties have reportedly joined hands to remove the incumbent Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani. Section 11 of rules of procedure and conduct of business in the Senate-2012 explains the procedure as to how the chairman and the deputy chairman can be removed from their office. The chairman or, as the case may be, the deputy chairman shall not preside over a sitting of the Senate in which a resolution for his removal from office is fixed for consideration. Voting on the resolution shall be by secret ballot which shall be held in such manner as the presiding officer may direct. It is pertinent to mention here that during a presser on January 12, Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla, a PPP stalwart, confirmed that efforts were underway to remove Sanjrani from his office.

Source: Pakistan Today June 18, 2019 04:52 UTC