Deputy Chairman Of The Senate Of Pakistan
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The Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan (
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'' Senate of Pakistan Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān ( ur, , , literally "Pakistan upper house"), is the upper house, upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly (Pakistan), National As ...
.Article 60(1)
of the Chapter 2: Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) in Part III of the Constitution of Pakistan
According to the Constitution of Pakistan, the deputy chairman is the presiding official when the chairman is unavailable. The Senate must choose a chairman and deputy chairman for a time interval of three years.
Saleem Mandviwalla Senator Saleem H. Mandviwalla (born on 25 January 1959) is a Pakistani politician who served as deputy chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2018 to March 2021. He was previously the president of the Board of Investment and Minister of ...
has served as the deputy chairman since 12 March 2018. During the
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
's absence, the chairman senate is empowered with the duties of the
presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...
; in rare events involving the absence of the chairman, the presidential duties are usually held by Speaker National Assembly. The Chairman of the Senate is the second in the
line of succession An order of succession or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.President of Pakistan, ahead of the Speaker National Assembly.Article 49(2)
of the Chapter 1: The President in Part III of the Constitution of Pakistan.


Role and responsibilities

The office of Deputy Chairman of the Senate is created by Article 60(1) of the Chapter 2 in Part III of the Constitution of Pakistan:


List of Deputy Chairman of the Senate

* Abdull Malik Baloch (26 April 1977 – 4 July 1977) *
Sajjad Hussain Qureshi Makhdoom Sajjad Alshatit (Punjabi and ur, ) (September 1923 – 23 January 1998) was the Governor of Punjab from 30 December 1985 to 9 December 1988. He did his Matriculation from Pilot Secondary School and B.A. from Govt. Emerson College. M ...
(21 March 1985 – 29 December 1985) *Malik Muhammad Ali Khan (23 January 1986 – 20 March 1988) * Sayed Muhammad Fazal Agha (21 March 1988 – 20 March 1991) * Noor Jehan Panezai (21 March 1991 – 20 March 1994) *Mir Abdul Jabbar Khan (21 March 1994 – 20 March 1997) * Mir Humayun Khan Marri (21 March 1997 – 12 October 1999) * Khalilur Rehman (12 March 2003 – 15 March 2005) *
Jan Mohammad Jamali Mir Jan Mohammad Khan Jamali ( ur, ; born in Usta) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly from 4 June 2013 to 2015. Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali served as the 9th Chief Minister of Balochistan from 13 August ...
(12- March 2006 – 11 March 2012) *
Sabir Ali Baloch Sabir Ali Baloch ( ur, صابر علی بلوچ) was the Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from 12 March 2012 to 12 March 2015, serving in the Senate from March 2009 to March 2015. He is the member of Pakistan Peoples Party and had bee ...
(12 March 2012 – 12 March 2015) *
Abdul Ghafoor Haideri Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri (; born ) is a Pakistani politician. He has served as the Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since 12 March 2015 and has been the central General Secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam party since 1995., Re ...
(12 March 2015 – 12 March 2018) *
Saleem Mandviwalla Senator Saleem H. Mandviwalla (born on 25 January 1959) is a Pakistani politician who served as deputy chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2018 to March 2021. He was previously the president of the Board of Investment and Minister of ...
(12 March 2018 - 12 March 2021) *
Mirza Muhammad Afridi Mirza Mohammad Afridi is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan, since March 2018 and Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since 12 March 2021. Overview Mirza Mohammad Afridi's name first emerged in the poli ...
(12 March 2021 - Current Deputy chairman of Senate)


See also

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Parliament of Pakistan The Parliament of Pakistan ( ur, , , "Pakistan Advisory Council" or "Pakistan Consultative Assembly") is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate as the upper ...


References


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