Quetta (August 16, 2018): The newly-elected members of Balochistan Assembly will go into secret balloting for the selection of speaker and deputy speaker today.
The session of the Balochistan Assembly to elect speaker and deputy speaker will begin at 04:00 PM today.
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Balochistan Awami Party has nominated Abdul Quddus Bizenjo for the slot of the speaker, who will contest against Nawaz Kakar of MMA while Umer Khan Jamali of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf will be the joint candidate of the alliance for the job of deputy speaker, whjo will contest against Ahmed Nawaz.
The nomination papers for the slots of speaker and deputy speaker can be submitted till 11:00 AM today. 
Earlier on August 13, newly elected members of the Balochistan Assembly took oath as member for the upcoming tenure of the Assembly.
Speaker Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani administered the oath to the 61 MPAs in Balochistan Assembly.
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Earlier, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Wednesday submitted his nomination papers for the slot of Prime Minister.
Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed suggested PTI Chief Imran Khan’s name for the Leader of the House while Fakhar Imam supported his nomination.
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It is pertinent to mention that on August 7, the PTI had formally nominated party’s supremo Imran Khan as their candidate for country’s next prime minister.
PTI vice-president Shah Mehmood Qureshi presented a resolution nominating Imran as their PM candidate during a parliamentary meeting held at a private hotel in Islamabad after which, the party chairman was welcomed with a huge applause.
The National Assembly will elect the prime minister for the third consecutive democratic government on August 17, according to the unofficial schedule of the 15th session of the House.
As per the proposed schedule, a deadline to submit the papers for prime minister is 2 pm on August 16.
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Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Asad Qaiser on Wednesday sworn in as the 21st Speaker for the National Assembly amid opposition ruckus.
Qaiser bagged 176 votes while Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Syed Khurshid Shah received 146 in the secret balloting process. A total of 330 votes were cast among which eight were rejected.
Outgoing speaker Ayaz Sadiq administered the oath to new speaker, who will supervise the election of the deputy speaker for the Lower House of Parliament.
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