Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Awais Qadir Shah was elected as Speaker Sindh Assembly. Awais Qadir bagged 111 votes against Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Sofia Shah, who secured 36 votes on Sunday.
During the secret polling, 147 members of the Sindh Assembly cast their votes to select the Speaker of the legislation assembly.
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Sunni Ittehad Council and Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House held today in a provincial assembly session.
Outgoing Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani took oath from the newly-elected Speaker Awais Qadir Shah in the Sindhi language.
