KARACHI: The election for Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Sindh Assembly seats will be held today in the Sindh Assembly hall.
The newly elected Members of Provincial Assembly (MPAs) will elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Sindh Assembly.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has urged Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) to withdraw its candidate for the Sindh Assembly Speaker,
According to sources, PPP reached out to MQM-P for the election of the speaker and deputy speaker of the Sindh Assembly after oath-taking of the members.
Sources within PPP said that they have a two-third majority in the Sindh assembly however they are aiming to win the Speaker seat unopposed with MQM-P support.
Furthermore, Pakistan Peoples Party is waiting for a response from the MQM-P, sources added.
It is important to mention here that a session of the assembly has been convened today, with Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani presiding over the proceedings.
People’s Party’s CM candidate Murad Ali Shah earlier said that the Speaker Sindh Assembly and chief minister’s election will be held today and day after tomorrow respectively.
The People’s Party has nominated Ovais Qadir Shah as its candidate for Speaker and Naveed Anthony Deputy Speaker candidate for Sindh Assembly.
Yesterday, Speaker Agha Sadruddin administered oath-taking of elected Sindh Assembly members with PPP as the largest parliamentary group in the legislature with 114 seats.
MQM-P is the next largest group in assembly with 36 members, while the Sunni Ittehad Council has nine members, GDA-3 and Jamaat Islami one seat.
The PPP enjoys comfortable majority in the house, and it doesn’t need support from any other party to get its speaker, deputy speaker and chief minister elected.
