KARACHI: Awais Qadir Shah, MPA of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was sworn in as speaker of the Sindh Assembly on Sunday, while Anthony Naveed was appointed deputy speaker after a majority of MPs voted for them.
KARACHI: Awais Qadir Shah, a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was sworn in as speaker of the Sindh Assembly on Sunday, while Anthony Naveed was appointed deputy speaker after a majority of MPs voted for them.
Qadir Shah won the job with 111 votes, while his opponent, Sofia Saeed of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), received only 36.
After his election, incumbent Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani delivered an oath to incoming Speaker Qadir Shah.
Meanwhile, Naveed received 111 votes, while Rashid Khan of the MQM-P received only 36. Qadir Shah delivered an oath to Naveed, who was thereafter sworn in as deputy speaker.
Today’s session began with a short delay, after which some members of the provincial assembly took oath.
However, members of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) boycotted the election of a new speaker and deputy by abstaining from casting their votes.
Ahead of the voting for the speaker, outgoing speaker Durrani briefed the members about the polling process.
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Following his win, Shah thanked PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur for their support.
