QUETTA, MAR 08 (DNA) – As the ruling and opposition parties are jockeying with each other to succeed their candidates as Senate chairman, PPP and PTI have announced to support the candidate fielded by Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo.

Addressing press in Quetta alongside Bizenjo on Thursday night, former president and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari said his party would hold consultations on the matter of electing Senate chairman from Balochistan.

Zardari said his party would propose a decision to the PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto. “The final decision will be made by the party chairman,” he added.

In response to a question raised by journalists whether his party forming an alliance with rival PTI, Zardari said that the politics takes test.

On outgoing Senate chairman, Zardari said Raza Rabbani during his three-year tenure as the chairman at the upper house of parliament overlooked the violation of constitution committed by the ruling party and former premier Nawaz Sharif.

“Rabbani remained failed to address the party reservations with regard to the 18^thamendment,” he said.