Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh Assemblies to choose new CMs today
Voting to elect new chief minister will take place at 11am today (Thursday) in the KP Assembly.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly would elect the new leader of the house today (Thursday). This was announced by newly elected KP Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ghani during the assembly session.
Voting to elect new chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will take place today at 11am.
The PTI has nominated Mehmood Khan as their candidate for the slot of chief minister whereas the opposition parties have announced Mian Nisar Gul as their candidate.
Earlier on Wednesday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Wednesday commenced its session to elect speaker and deputy speaker for next five years. The MPAs confidentially voted their favorite candidate during the session.
Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf’s (PTI) Mushtaq Ghani was elected as speaker KP Assembly. Mushtaq received 81 votes and declared victorious against opposition’s Laiq Mohammad who secured 27 votes. 108 out of 112 members of provincial assembly exercised their voting right.
On the other hand, PTI leader Mahmood Jan has become deputy speaker by clinching 78 votes while opposition’s Jamshed Mohammad obtained 30 votes.
The inaugural session of KP assembly was held on August 13 during which presiding officer Sardar Aurangzeb Balotha padministered oath to at least 111 MPAs in the 124-member house.
Sindh Chief Minister
Sindh Assembly will also elect Leader of the House today. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) which has emerged as majority party in the Sindh Assembly, has once again nominated Syed Murad Ali Shah as Chief Minister.
Joint opposition has chosen Shahryar Mahar as their candidate for the slot.
On Wednesday, PPP’s Agha Siraj Durrani was re-elected as speaker of Sindh Assembly while Rehana Leghari became deputy speaker.
The inaugural session of Sindh assembly was held on August 13 during which Agha Siraj Durrani administered oath to 165 MPAs-elect in Urdu, Sindhi and English.
