Holding early senate election not in hands of govt: Akhtar Mengal.

SEHWAN -- Balochistan National Party (BNP) chief Akhtar Mengal has said that holding early Senate election is not in the hands of the government. Conducting Senate elections is the responsibility of the Election Commission of Pakistan, not the Prime Minister.

Talking to media, Akhtar Mengal said that General Secretary of Functional League Muhammad Ali Durrani was sent by the government to meet Mian Shehbaz Sharif and it is the will of the government to allow prisoners to meet someone or not.

Continuing, he said that there were no rifts in the ranks of the PDM and there were no differences. Maulana Fazlur Rehman will not attend tomorrow s meeting due to his busy schedule.

The BNP chief further said that the way the PDM is making decisions means we are succeeding. I think the future of the government is dark. The PDM leadership will work together on Senate elections, he added.

He said that members of the Provincial and National Assemblies of all...