ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has decided to get elected Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin as a senator, several media outlets reported on Monday, citing sources.
According to details, Prime Minister Imran Khan has also approved the election of Shaukat Tarin as a senator. The finance minister is expected to be elected on a senate seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to several media outlets.
Commenting on the development, the finance minister said, “The good news regarding the Senate elections will be received by tomorrow.” Tarin reached Parliament House to attend a PTI parliamentary party meeting.
The finance minister has only 17 days to get elected as a senator — a prerequisite to continue as finance minister — as the six months’ time limit to elect him a member of parliament is going to expire on October 16, 2021.
If the government did not elect him senator till the deadline, he would have to become an adviser to PM on finance. Four finance ministers have been changed in the last three years of the PTI.
Talking about his fate earlier, the finance minister had said that he was going nowhere as he had full faith that Prime Minister Imran Khan would elect him a senator.
The minister had also confirmed that he was scheduled to visit Washington DC to attend the annual meeting of the IMF/World Bank from Oct 12, 2021. Now the government would have to elect him before his departure for attending IMF/WB meetings outside the country.
