Pakistan’s Senate chairman survives no-confidence motion

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The chairman of Pakistan’s Senate survived an unexpected no-confidence vote proposed by the opposition.
The opposition, which holds a majority in the 104-member Senate, failed to remove Sadiq Sanjrani from office in Thursday’s balloting. The vote was a boost for Prime Minister Imran Khan, who came to power in 2018.
Senate opposition leader Raja Zafarul Haq had proposed the motion against Sanjrani but when the secret balloting was held, only 50 senators backed i