The newly elected members of the Senate will take oath today, the chairman and deputy chairman will also be elected today.
President Asif Zardari has called the meeting of the Senate at 9 am today. Newly elected Senator Ishaq Dar will preside over the meeting.
In the meeting, the new members will be sworn in and the election of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Senate will also be held.
After the election of 11 Senate seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was postponed by the Election Commission, 85 senators in the Upper House of 96 members will exercise their right to vote for the election of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Senate.
It should be noted that People’s Party has nominated Yusuf Raza Gilani for the post of Senate Chairman, on the other hand, Tehreek-e-Insaaf has today announced a boycott of the election of Senate Chairman and Deputy Chairman.