Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan

The Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan (Urdu: ﭽئرمين سينـﭧ); informally as Chairman senate), is the president-chair of the Senate of Pakistan. According to the Constitution of Pakistan, the chairman is a presiding official and that Senate must choose a chairman and deputy chairman for a time interval of three years.

During the President's absence, the chairman senate is empowered with the duties of the presidency; in rare events involving the absence of the chairman, the presidential duties are usually held by Speaker National Assembly. The Chairman of the Senate is the second in the line of succession to the President of Pakistan, ahead of the Speaker National Assembly.

The Chairman of the Senate was Habibullah Marwat while Wasim Sajjad remains the longest-serving chairman. Raza Rabbani, a PPP leader and senior senator from Sindh, is the current Chairman of the Senate, having assumed office on 12 March 2015.

Role and responsibilities

The office of Chairman of the Senate is created by Article 60(1) of the Chapter 2 in Part III of the Constitution of Pakistan: