ISLAMABAD – Asad Qaiser has been elected as NA speaker after gaining 176votes and Khursheed Shah got 146 votes.
Qaiser took oath as the 21st speaker of National Assembly administered byoutgoing speaker Ayaz Sadiq, following which the election for the slot ofdeputy speaker will be held.
The counting is being carried out in presence of the polling agents of thecontesting candidates. Election is taking place through secret ballot.Outgoing Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq is chairing the session of the house.
Asad Qaiser, who previously served as speaker for the Khyber PakhtunkhwaAssembly, won NA-18 Swabi I and PK-44 Swabi 2 constituencies on the PTI’sticket during the July 25 general election.
Qaiser belongs to the Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and graduatedfrom the University of Peshawar before moving on to a career in education.He joined the PTI in 1996, prior to which he was a member of theJamaat-e-Islami’s student win