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Polling for the election of the speaker and deputy speaker of National Assembly has started in what is a one-to-one contest between candidates pitched by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and a fragile opposition alliance.
Newly elected MNAs are voting for their preferred candidates through secret ballot in an election that is being overseen by outgoing speaker Ayaz Sadiq of the PML-N.
PTI's Asad Qaiser is vying for the post of the NA speaker against PPP's Syed Khursheed Shah.
PTI chairman Imran Khan casts his vote.
The election was expected to commence at 10am; however, the session faced a delay of nearly one hour due to the late arrival of MNAs.
Lawmakers belonging to various political parties, including prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan, are present in the Lower House of Parliament for the election.
Who is in the running?
Former speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Asad Qaiser (of PTI) is contesting for the post of NA speaker against PPP stalwart Syed Khursheed Shah. Both of them had submitted their nomination papers to the NA secretary on Tuesday.
Profile: Asad Qaiser's journey from volleyball player to NA speaker nominee
A view of the NA session. — DawnNewsTV
In the race for deputy speaker of NA, PTI's Qasim Suri will face off with Asad Rehman of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA).
Shah and Rehman are the joint candidates of 11 opposition parties for the offices of speaker and deputy speaker, respectively.
Profile: Khursheed Ahmed Shah — a politician through and through
Polling process
In the first round, the speaker will be chosen in an NA session chaired by Ayaz Sadiq, the current speaker of NA.
The polling will begin once the NA is in session and all votes will be handed out by the NA secretary.
No one will be allowed to take a photograph of their vote.
Each nominee will choose two polling agents for themselves.
Once all the votes have been cast, the speaker will announce that the polling process has concluded.
Votes will then be counted in the presence of both candidates and their polling agents.
Once the results are compiled, the speaker will proceed to announce the results.
The outgoing speaker will then take the incoming speaker's oath.
The same process will be repeated to bring in the new deputy speaker.
The new speaker will supervise the election of the deputy speaker.
PTI appears strong
Keeping in view the party position, it seems that the PTI has apparently acquired the support of the required members for the elections of the speaker, deputy speaker as well as the prime minister in the 342-member NA with the support of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), all the 13 independents who won the last general elections and other smaller groups, Dawnreported.
Imran Khan chats with Shah Mehmood Qureshi. — DawnNewsTV
The NA has a total of 342 seats, including 272 general seats, 60 reserved for women and 10 for minorities. As polls in Rawalpindi (NA-60) had been postponed following the disqualification of PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi and elections in Faisalabad (NA-103) had been put off after the death of a candidate, the elections were held in 270 NA constituencies on July 25.
The results of only 339 NA constituencies, including the reserved seats, have so far been announced while the notification of PPP candidate Fida Dero’s victory from NA-215 (Sanghar), which had been withheld by the Election Commission of Pakistan, had not been issued till Monday evening despite the apex court order.
As many as 326 members had taken oath on Monday as Mehboob Sultan and Amir Sultan, the two brothers and PTI MNAs from Jhang, had not turned up at the inaugural session due to the demise of their mother.
First-time MNA Bilawal at the NA session. — DawnNewsTV
The PTI now has 152 members in the National Assembly after Imran Khan, Ghulam Sarwar Khan and Tahir Sadiq vacated the additional seats. PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, who had won two NA seats, has also opted for the Punjab Assembly seat. PML-N’s Hamza Shahbaz has also retained his Punjab Assembly seat and did not take the oath as MNA on Monday.
The parties which have either already announced their support to the PTI or are expected to vote for its nominees are the MQM with seven seats; PML-Q and BAP with three seats each; BNP (four seats); GDA (three); and Awami Muslim League and Jamhoori Watan Party (with one seat each). Besides them, nine independents have joined the PTI. Four independents, who have decided to maintain their independent status, are also expected to vote for the PTI. So the PTI nominees should get 180 votes in all the elections against 150 votes of the candidates of the joint opposition.
The PML-N with 82 seats is the largest party in the opposition group, followed by PPP (53 seats); MMA (15 seats) and ANP (one seat).
Punjab MPAs-elect take oath
Members-elect of the 17th Punjab Assembly took oath on Wednesday.
The maiden session of the 371-strong house had a majority of new faces.
Out of 297 general seats of the assembly, at least 188 have been occupied by those who were not part of the previous house and a majority of them are first-timers.
The election of the provincial assembly's speaker and deputy speaker will take place on Thursday (tomorrow). The nomination papers for the same can be submitted until 5pm today.
Polling underway for KP speaker, deputy speaker
Newly elected members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly are currently voting to elect the speaker and deputy speaker of the provincial legislature.
Former higher education minister Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani is contesting for the speaker’s slot as the nominee of PTI, while Laiq Mohammad of the Awami National Party has challenged him as the representative of the joint opposition.
The PTI has fielded its member, Mehmood Jan, for the deputy speaker’s election. He is facing PML-N’s Jamshaid Khan nominated by the joint opposition.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1427135/p...ti-goes-head-to-head-with-opposition-alliance
Newly elected MNAs are voting for their preferred candidates through secret ballot in an election that is being overseen by outgoing speaker Ayaz Sadiq of the PML-N.
PTI's Asad Qaiser is vying for the post of the NA speaker against PPP's Syed Khursheed Shah.
PTI chairman Imran Khan casts his vote.
The election was expected to commence at 10am; however, the session faced a delay of nearly one hour due to the late arrival of MNAs.
Lawmakers belonging to various political parties, including prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan, are present in the Lower House of Parliament for the election.
Who is in the running?
Former speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Asad Qaiser (of PTI) is contesting for the post of NA speaker against PPP stalwart Syed Khursheed Shah. Both of them had submitted their nomination papers to the NA secretary on Tuesday.
Profile: Asad Qaiser's journey from volleyball player to NA speaker nominee
A view of the NA session. — DawnNewsTV
In the race for deputy speaker of NA, PTI's Qasim Suri will face off with Asad Rehman of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA).
Shah and Rehman are the joint candidates of 11 opposition parties for the offices of speaker and deputy speaker, respectively.
Profile: Khursheed Ahmed Shah — a politician through and through
Polling process
In the first round, the speaker will be chosen in an NA session chaired by Ayaz Sadiq, the current speaker of NA.
The polling will begin once the NA is in session and all votes will be handed out by the NA secretary.
No one will be allowed to take a photograph of their vote.
Each nominee will choose two polling agents for themselves.
Once all the votes have been cast, the speaker will announce that the polling process has concluded.
Votes will then be counted in the presence of both candidates and their polling agents.
Once the results are compiled, the speaker will proceed to announce the results.
The outgoing speaker will then take the incoming speaker's oath.
The same process will be repeated to bring in the new deputy speaker.
The new speaker will supervise the election of the deputy speaker.
PTI appears strong
Keeping in view the party position, it seems that the PTI has apparently acquired the support of the required members for the elections of the speaker, deputy speaker as well as the prime minister in the 342-member NA with the support of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), all the 13 independents who won the last general elections and other smaller groups, Dawnreported.
Imran Khan chats with Shah Mehmood Qureshi. — DawnNewsTV
The NA has a total of 342 seats, including 272 general seats, 60 reserved for women and 10 for minorities. As polls in Rawalpindi (NA-60) had been postponed following the disqualification of PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi and elections in Faisalabad (NA-103) had been put off after the death of a candidate, the elections were held in 270 NA constituencies on July 25.
The results of only 339 NA constituencies, including the reserved seats, have so far been announced while the notification of PPP candidate Fida Dero’s victory from NA-215 (Sanghar), which had been withheld by the Election Commission of Pakistan, had not been issued till Monday evening despite the apex court order.
As many as 326 members had taken oath on Monday as Mehboob Sultan and Amir Sultan, the two brothers and PTI MNAs from Jhang, had not turned up at the inaugural session due to the demise of their mother.
First-time MNA Bilawal at the NA session. — DawnNewsTV
The PTI now has 152 members in the National Assembly after Imran Khan, Ghulam Sarwar Khan and Tahir Sadiq vacated the additional seats. PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, who had won two NA seats, has also opted for the Punjab Assembly seat. PML-N’s Hamza Shahbaz has also retained his Punjab Assembly seat and did not take the oath as MNA on Monday.
The parties which have either already announced their support to the PTI or are expected to vote for its nominees are the MQM with seven seats; PML-Q and BAP with three seats each; BNP (four seats); GDA (three); and Awami Muslim League and Jamhoori Watan Party (with one seat each). Besides them, nine independents have joined the PTI. Four independents, who have decided to maintain their independent status, are also expected to vote for the PTI. So the PTI nominees should get 180 votes in all the elections against 150 votes of the candidates of the joint opposition.
The PML-N with 82 seats is the largest party in the opposition group, followed by PPP (53 seats); MMA (15 seats) and ANP (one seat).
Punjab MPAs-elect take oath
Members-elect of the 17th Punjab Assembly took oath on Wednesday.
The maiden session of the 371-strong house had a majority of new faces.
Out of 297 general seats of the assembly, at least 188 have been occupied by those who were not part of the previous house and a majority of them are first-timers.
The election of the provincial assembly's speaker and deputy speaker will take place on Thursday (tomorrow). The nomination papers for the same can be submitted until 5pm today.
Polling underway for KP speaker, deputy speaker
Newly elected members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly are currently voting to elect the speaker and deputy speaker of the provincial legislature.
Former higher education minister Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani is contesting for the speaker’s slot as the nominee of PTI, while Laiq Mohammad of the Awami National Party has challenged him as the representative of the joint opposition.
The PTI has fielded its member, Mehmood Jan, for the deputy speaker’s election. He is facing PML-N’s Jamshaid Khan nominated by the joint opposition.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1427135/p...ti-goes-head-to-head-with-opposition-alliance
