Sadiq Sanjrani
Sadiq Sanjrani | |
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صادق سنجرانی | |
8th Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan | |
In office 12 March 2018 – 8 March 2024 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan (until 10 April 2022) Shehbaz Sharif (since 11 April 2022) |
Preceded by | Raza Rabbani |
Succeeded by | Yusuf Raza Gilani |
Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
In office 12 March 2018 – 8 March 2024 | |
Constituency | General seat from Balochistan |
Acting President of Pakistan | |
In office 25 June 2023 – 5 July 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pakistan People’s Party (2008-2013)[1] Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (2001-2008) Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1997-1999)[2] | 14 April 1970
Alma mater | University of Balochistan |
Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani (
He is the first-ever Chairman of the Senate who hailed from the province of Balochistan. He belongs to the poor conservative Sanjrani tribe. From June 2023 to July 2023, he served as the acting President of Pakistan.
Early life and education
Sadiq Sanjrani was born on 14 April 1970[2] in Nok Kundi, Balochistan, to a Baloch family belonging to the well-educated Sanjrani tribe.[1][3]
He received his early education from Nok Kundi and then moved to Quetta and later Islamabad where he did his degree.[2]
Political career
Sanjrani began his political career in 1998 as coordinator of the team of then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif[1] where he served until the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état.[2]
In 2008, he was made in-charge of the Prime Minister's
Sanjrani was elected to the
In September 2018, Sanjrani addressed the National Assembly of Azerbaijan on the eve of its 100th anniversary.[11]
On 1 August 2019, a no-confidence motion was presented by the opposition parties in the senate to remove him from the post of the Chairman of the Senate. The resolution was tabled in the Senate with 64 senators in support of it. The no-confidence motion failed to pass because the opposition parties only gathered 50 votes, 3 votes short of the resolution passing. Sanjrani still stands as the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan after having survived the no-confidence vote. This was seen as a clear victory of the PTI government coalition and a confirmation of the senators having confidence in the chairman.[12]
On 12 March 2021, he was re-elected as Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, defeating his rival Syed Yusuf Raza Gillani.
References
- ^ a b c d "Who is Senator Sadiq Sanjrani?". Geo. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Shahid, Saleem (12 March 2018). "Sadiq Sanjrani: a little-known politician from Chagai". DAWN. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Opposition's Sadiq Sanjrani elected 8th chairman of Senate". The Express Tribune. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "LIVE: PML-N-backed independent candidates lead in Punjab, PPP in Sindh". The Express Tribune. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (4 March 2018). "PML-N gains Senate control amid surprise PPP showing". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Senate elect opposition-backed Sanjrani chairman and Mandviwala his deputy". The News. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "PML-N defeated: Opposition candidates Sanjrani, Mandviwalla take Senate's top slots". DAWN. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Meer Sadiq Khan Sanjrani is the youngest-ever Senate Chairman". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Sadiq Sanjrani: Pakistan's first senate chair from Balochistan". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Little-known Pakistani politician appointed Senate chairman". Reuters. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (23 September 2018). "Sanjrani calls for regional cooperation". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ Guramani, Dawn com | Nadir (1 August 2019). "Sadiq Sanjrani survives no-confidence vote in shock victory; opposition falls 3 short". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 3 August 2019.