ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People’s Party leader Senator Rehman Malik on Wednesday congratulated former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for defeating government’s nominee Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the Senate polls for Islamabad general seat.
“I congratulate you on the victory. I also congratulate all the winners of the Senate polls,” he said in a statement. He said Prime Minister Imran Khan would have to prove his majority in the National Assembly. Earlier, Gilani, the joint candidate of the opposition parties, was elected Senator from Islamabad by defeating Abdul Hafeez Shaikh of the ruling Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf. Gilani, a former prime minister belonging to the PPP, enjoyed the support of the Pakistan Democratic Movement.