Chairman Senate proposes to maintain existing strength of Senate membership after expiry of FATA senators' term.

ISLAMABAD -- Chairman Senate Mir Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani has proposed to keep the current numerical strengthen of Senate intact and distribute eight seats of erstwhile FATA among the four provinces by equally increasing the number of general seats to twenty five instead of twenty three.

He proposed that four seats, one for each province, be increased in the forthcoming election of the Senate scheduled to be held in March, 2021 and four more seats, one for each province, be increased in the elections of the Senate to be held in March, 2014 with a view to provide for continuity in terms of total number of seats of the Senate could be made.

In a letter addressed to Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice, the Senate Chairman referred the matter to Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice to...