ISLAMABAD: The eligibility of newly-elected Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani has been challenged in the Supreme Court for being too young for becoming acting President.
According to Article 41 of the constitution, the Chairman Senate becomes the acting President during elections and the required age for the President is minimum 45 years whereas Sadiq Sanjrani is 40 years old.
The application adopts that Sadiq Sanjrani becoming acting president would create a constitutional crisis, therefore he may be barred from assuming charge of the acting president.
Last week, the independent candidate from Balochistan, backed by joint opposition Sadiq Sanjrani won Senate election for chairmanship with as many as 57 votes against Raja Zafar-ul-Haq’s 46.
The Chairman Senate was born in 1978 on April 14 in Nok Kundi area of the province. He began his political career in 1998 by serving as coordinator of the then premier, former head of PML-N Nawaz. NNI
