Ch Shujat terms govt strategy on Senate election in Punjab an extraordinary example.

Lahore -- Different leaders called on Pakistan Muslim League President and former Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujat Hussain and congratulated him regarding the Senate elections. Salik Hussain, Saleem Baryar, Shafay Hussain, Muhammad Khan Bhatti, Sabahat Elahi and Rana Khalid were also present in the meeting.

Speaking on the occasion, Ch Shujat Hussain said that due to personal efforts of Speaker Punjab Assembly Ch Parvez Elahi, all the candidates for the Senate in Punjab were elected unopposed. The example which Punjab has set it should be emulated in other provinces also and all national problems including the Senate such solidarity should be promoted.

He said that Ch Parvez Elahi talked to the leaders of other political parties including PPP co-chairman former president Asif Ali Zardari and leading leaders of PML-N and took them into confidence and due to these contacts all the candidates were elected unopposed as senators.

He said that a similar example is found in the past and the credit for this goes to our family.

We had resolved the issue of the Senate in NWFP (now...

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