Fazl remains non-committed

A delegation comprising members of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its allies on Wednesday met Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, requesting him to convince the angry opposition to withdraw its no-confidence motion. Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Alyani and Leader of the House in Senate Shibli Faraz were among the prominent members of the delegation.
The opposition parties had earlier this month submitted a no-confidence resolution against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, along with a requisition to summon a session to put a motion of no-confidence to vote. In a tit-for-tat move, government senators submitted a no-confidence resolution against Deputy Chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwalla. But after seeing no hope to save the chairman Senate, the party finally did not hesitate to approach its arch rival - the JUI-F chief.
Sanjrani had summoned a session on Tuesday last so that the opposition could debate the resolution but Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Raja Zafar-ul-Haq refused to discuss the resolution, saying that it was against the rules to discuss a no-confidence resolution in a requisitioned session. The session was then prorogued.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the decision to remove Sanjrani is the unanimous decision of all opposition parties, adding the opposition has almost crossed the bridge, but "let's see what happens, [and] I will present the issue before the opposition parties." "At a time when we've made a huge progress [in removing chairman Senate], I don't know what could be done to fulfill the government's demand," said Maulana Rehman.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, Jam Kamal Alyani, who is part of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), said that even though "submitting a no-confidence resolution against Senate chairman is a democratic right of the opposition, there is no precedent of the practice." "This [move] may lead to a no-confidence [resolution] being submitted every two to three months," he warned. "We do not want the dignity of the Senate to be compromised," PTI Senator Faraz said.