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ISLAMABAD: The Senate would elect its new chairman and deputy chairman in a close contest on Friday as there was a narrow margin in the numerical strength of Senators belonging to the government and the opposition parties.
President Dr Arif Alvi has summoned session of the Senate at 10 in the morning at the Parliament House in Islamabad tomorrow. The President has nominated Senator Sayed Muzafar Hussain Shah as presiding officer of the session.
The elections will be held through secret ballot after oath-taking of 48 new members of the Upper House of Parliament elected on March 3.
Sadiq Sanjrani and Yousaf Raza Gillani will contest for the slot of Chairman Senate. Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and Muhammad Afridi would challenge each other for the post of Deputy Chairman.
According to the Senate Secretariat, the session would start in the morning for oath-taking of the newly elected senators after which the session will be adjourned. After the adjournment of the session, nomination papers for the chairman and deputy chairman would be submitted.
Later, the session would resume in the evening the same day to elect the chairman and deputy chairman. After announcement of the winners, new Chairman Senate and Deputy Chairman will take the oath.
