Senators Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari and Sabir Baloch on Monday elected the Chairman and Deputy chairman of senate respectively.

Both the candidates filed nomination papers for the offices of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman Senate, with the Secretary Senate.

Proposers for Nayyer Bokhari were Jehangir Badar, Raza Rabbani,
Aitzaz Ahsan, Babar Awan and Saeeda Iqbal from PPPP, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Mushahid Hussain Syed from PML, Hidayatullah from FATA,
Babar Khan Ghauri MQM, Haji Adeel ANP, Israrullah Zehri BNP-A and
Muzaffar Hussain Shah from PML-F.
While for the office of the Deputy Chairman, the proposers were Babar Khan Ghauri, Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi and Mushahid Hussain Syed.

As no other candidate has filed nomination papers to contest for these slots, it was apparent that both the candidates will be elected unopposed.