Will do everything to win Senate chairman election, says Shibli Faraz

ISLAMABAD: The government will do whatever is required to win the Senate election, said Senator Shibli Faraz on Tuesday.

The minister was addressing a press conference where he said that the government will employ all tactics to ensure Senate chairperson Sadiq Sanjrani wins the chairman election.

He rejected reports that the government had made a formal request to JUI-F’s Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri for the Senate deputy chairman post.

“The JUI-F is just raising the matter to gain importance,” he said.

“Abdul Ghafoor Haideri came to meet us and we informally discussed these things while having food in the library,” he said, adding that the government also goes to Opposition senators for seeking votes in the Senate elections.

When asked what tactic the government would use, Faraz said it could no longer play innocent in the entire matter while the Opposition always walks away with victory.

“We are ready this time. It can’t happen that we play Sharif Sharif and do everything according to law. We would do everything necessary for winning,” Shibli said.