Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) backed independent candidate from Balochistan Sadiq Sanjrani has been elected as Senate chairman on Monday. Sanjrani managed 57 votes out of a total 103, while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s candidate Raja Zafarul Haq bagged 46 votes. The new Senate chairman was backed by PPP, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and independent senators from FATA.