Pak Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani survives no-confidence vote

Pakistan Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Thursday survived a no-confidence vote, in a major setback for the Opposition parties who were confident of their victory.

Opposition leader Raja Zafar ul Haq moved the resolution of no-confidence against the chairman at the start of the session.

Total 100 senators took part in the voting in the House of 104, as two senators from Jamat-i-Islami abstained while two senator of PML-N were abroad and could not attend the session.

The Opposition has a total of 67 members, one of whom, has still not taken oath.

The resolution to move the no-confidence vote against Sanjrani had been passed comfortably by opposition senators, with 64 voting in its favour.

However, presiding officer Muhammad Ali Saif said that the no-confidence motion got 50 vote which fell below the mandatory 53 votes.

"The motion has failed to get the majority of total number of members of the House," Saif declared.

Five votes were rejected, while 45 were cast against the ...