ISLAMABAD: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, a senior chief from the celebration headed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was on Friday elected because the Speaker of the newly-formed Nationwide Meeting. PML-N’s Sadiq secured 199 votes out of a complete of 291 votes solid, Daybreak.com reported.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate beat his rival Amir Dogar, who acquired solely 91 votes amid commotion attributable to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) members. Dogar was backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration.
After the counting of votes was full, outgoing speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf stated {that a} whole of 291 votes had been solid, out of which one was “invalid” and the remaining declared “legitimate,” the report stated.
Khan and PTI have alleged large rigging within the February 8 polls and accused PML-N and its alliance companions, together with Pakistan Peoples Celebration (PPP) of stealing his celebration’s mandate.
Given the celebration place within the Meeting, it was certain that the PML-N-backed candidate would win because the Nawaz Sharif-headed celebration had tied up with the PPP and different 4 smaller events to maintain Khan’s PTI out of energy.
Unbiased candidates – a majority backed by Khan’s PTI – gained 93 Nationwide Meeting seats. The PML-N gained 75 seats, the PPP got here third with 54 seats whereas the Muttahida Qaumi Motion Pakistan (MQM-P) had gained 17 seats.
In the meantime, in keeping with the schedule introduced on Thursday by the Nationwide Meeting Secretariat, the election for the top of the federal government, i.e. the prime minister, could be held on Sunday. The PMN-L and PPP alliance has nominated former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif as their nominee.
The election for the brand new President will happen on March 9. PPP chief and former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari is anticipated to be re-elected to the submit after a niche of practically 11 years.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate beat his rival Amir Dogar, who acquired solely 91 votes amid commotion attributable to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) members. Dogar was backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration.
After the counting of votes was full, outgoing speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf stated {that a} whole of 291 votes had been solid, out of which one was “invalid” and the remaining declared “legitimate,” the report stated.
Khan and PTI have alleged large rigging within the February 8 polls and accused PML-N and its alliance companions, together with Pakistan Peoples Celebration (PPP) of stealing his celebration’s mandate.
Given the celebration place within the Meeting, it was certain that the PML-N-backed candidate would win because the Nawaz Sharif-headed celebration had tied up with the PPP and different 4 smaller events to maintain Khan’s PTI out of energy.
Unbiased candidates – a majority backed by Khan’s PTI – gained 93 Nationwide Meeting seats. The PML-N gained 75 seats, the PPP got here third with 54 seats whereas the Muttahida Qaumi Motion Pakistan (MQM-P) had gained 17 seats.
In the meantime, in keeping with the schedule introduced on Thursday by the Nationwide Meeting Secretariat, the election for the top of the federal government, i.e. the prime minister, could be held on Sunday. The PMN-L and PPP alliance has nominated former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif as their nominee.
The election for the brand new President will happen on March 9. PPP chief and former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari is anticipated to be re-elected to the submit after a niche of practically 11 years.
