Pakistan, Aug. 2 -- In a historic session on Thursday, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla survived no-confidence resolutions tabled against them.

At the start of the session, 64 senators stood up in support of the motion to table no-confidence resolution against Sanjrani, following which the polling kicked off in the Upper House. There were 100 senators attending the session when Raja Zafarul Haq tabled the resolution against the incumbent chairman.

According to the rules, both chairman and deputy chairman could not chair the session, hence President Arif Alvi had nominated Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to chair the session. Senator Javed Abbasi was appointed the pol...