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KP Assembly To Elect Leader of House Today

Peshawar (August 16, 2018): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly would elect the new leader of the house today (August 16).

This was announced by newly elected KP Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ghani during the assembly session.

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. Both the candidates submitted their nomination papers with the secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly for the election of Leader of the House, which was accepted.

The Assembly will meet at 11:00 am today (Thursday) to elect leader of the House.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.

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.Image result for New PM of Pakistan will be elected on August 17PTI 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 oath to new speaker, who will supervise the election of the deputy speaker for the Lower House of Parliament.

Party Position in KP

In the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, the PTI increased its seats share to 64 members after the inclusion of two independent members in the party’s fold. With the numbers in hand, the party has taken its seat total to 84 seats after addition of 16 women and two minority seats.The MMA is at the distant second with 13 seats including 10 general seats, two women, and a minority reserved seat.

ANP secured a nine-member representation with seven members on general seats and two seats on women reserved seats.

The PML-N won five general seats, and with the addition of one women reserved seat, its tally stands at six in the provincial assembly. The PPP with four general seats and one women reserved sear stands with the total of five seats.

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