Who is Going to Be The Chairman of the Senate?

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Short Answer.

The person, Asif Ali Zardari would like to be at this chair will be the Senate Chairman. Deputy Chairman he may agree to take from Nawaz League or any other party.

Here is Why?

Zardari is very shrewd politician and have the ability to maneuver the political events while Nawaz Sharif is not even close to it. In fact Nawaz Sharif don’t have the ability to think and comprehend the situation nor he has anybody in his party of that caliber. And interesting thing is Nawaz Sharif will agree to Zaradri at Zardari’s terms.

Why Zardari Needs to Have Senate Chairman of His Choice?

To have commanding position in the Senate he has to have his man on the chair to maneuver the passing of any bill in the Senate. Zardari knows Sharif has members in majority in the Senate and there is only one way to neutralize Sharif’s majority by having his person as Senate Chairman.

Why Nawaz Sharif Has to Agree on Zardari’s Terms?

Nawaz Sharif has his personal agenda which he wants to get approved as soon as possible before the new election of the Parliament. Though in the Parliament and Senate, Sharif has majority but without the help of Zardari he cannot get anything approved in the Parliament and or Senate to make it a law. Therefore, he will agree with Zardari’s terms to get his cooperation and support. This thing is still unknown on which items Zardari will support Nawaz Sharif and on which items he will not support.

What is Nawaz Sharif’s Agenda?

Before the new election of the Parliament, Nawaz Sharif wants to get the follow laws passed since he has the neccesary votes in the Parliamnet and Senate or he can muster the required votes to get his agenda done. These are the items mentioned by different news media.

• Decrease the age of retirement of justices in the Supreme Court. Purpose is to get rid of all those justices who were on the Panama Case bench.
• Nomination of Chief Justice to Supreme Court either through Parliament and Senate or by with the approval of Fedral governemnt. Purpose to have full control.
• In the Armed Forces, personnel in the rank of Brigadier and above or equivalent should be selected and nominated by the Prime Minister. As it is done to select the Chief of Army. Purpose to have full control of the Armed Forces.
• Scrape or limit the authority and area of actions of National Accountability Bureau.

Primarily the purpose of all the amendments to constitution or rules and regulations is to protect his money and himself or in a broader term Sicilian Mafia. Since there will be certain things which will benefit Zardari so he may agree to those amendments.

Assuming these changes get approved, it is not sure at this time, there is every chance that these changes to constituion will be challenged in the Supreme Court. Approval of changes to Army Act is not going to be an easy task. Because of the NAB cases the situation is quite fluid and Zardari will think twice before going with Nawaz Sharif on these changes.

This is our analysis of the situation based on the information available at this time.
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Yesterday, Nawaz Sharif met with his collusion partners namely Maulana Fazal ur Rahman, Mir Hasil Bizingo and Mahmood Khan Achakzai. After the meeting Achakzai said Nawaz League has 54 votes in the Senate therefore Chairman will be from PMLN. Further, he said they will release the members’s list.

At the same time Fazal Rahman met Zardari and proposed Raza Rabbani’s name on behalf of Nawaz Sharif. Zardari refused this offer.

Why Raza Rabbani (PPP) is Not Acceptable to Zardari?

Very simple reason. Zardari don’t trust Rabbani. Basically Rabbani don’t have stable personailty. At times he becomes unpredictable which is not acceptable to Zardari. Zardari’s favorite at least for now  is Saleem Mandviwalla (PPP). PTI has already announced they will support Mandviwalla. PTI has also said if somebody is nominated from Baluchistan for Deputy Chairman they will support him. The name circulating among the politicians is Anwarul Haq Kakkar for Deputy Chairman.