Summary Shah Mehmood Qureshi said support will be sought from other parties as well
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday announced its unanimous candidate for National Assembly (NA) Speaker election, Shafqat Mehmood, Dunya News reported.
According to details, PTI’s parliamentary party’s session took place in Islamabad after which, party’s national organizer Shah Mehmood Qureshi said while talking to the media that other parties will also be contacted for support in the election.
He said they will request Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to also vote for the opposition candidate. He said that PTI has acquired evidence of transfer of votes in NA-122 by-election, claiming that 25 thousand new voters were added after the 2013 general election while 4 thousand votes were transferred out of the constituency.
Qureshi said Election Commission has already admitted it received transfer applications from 800 voters. He said the commission has failed to organize transparent and fair local body elections, claiming that the police and administration were used to favour the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party in Punjab.
The PTI leader claimed that children of even 13 years of age casted votes in the local body election. He said at least 11 workers of PTI were martyred in the process.
Shah Mehmood said he meeting with Chief Election Commissioner could not take place because of the busy schedule of Chief Election Commissioner, adding that they will send their requests in written form.
He said doubts persist over the LNG issue and urged the government to take the issue up in the parliament.
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PML-N has on Thursday announced nominating MNA from NA-122 Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for Speaker’s position in National Assembly.
According to sources, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and other winners of the by-elections will take the oath on November 6 and the schedule of the election for Speaker NA slot will also be announced on the same day. It is expected that the Speaker’s election will be held on November 9.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq became the Speaker of the National Assembly after beating Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in General Election 2013 from NA-122 in Lahore. However, his victory was challenged by PTI in the Election Tribunal where the case lingered on for about 2 years. However, Election Tribunal headed by Justice (r) Kazim Malik de-seated Ayaz Sadiq on August 22, 2015, ordering a re-poll in the constituency.
PTI filed the President of the party’s Lahore chapter, and a former provincial minister, Abdul Aleem Khan from the constituency, who lost the election after a tough contest on October 11, 2015. Although PTI claimed that there was some illegal transfer of votes out of the constituency that gave Ayaz Sadiq the edge and announced to bring the details of the matter in the media but no such details have officially been released by PTI as yet and Sardar Ayaz Sadiq is going to take the oath now on November 6, after which he will contest the Speaker’s election on November 9 expectedly.
