PESHAWAR – Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf’s (PTI) Mushtaq Ghani has been elected asSpeaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Wednesday.
Mushtaq received 81 votes and declared victorious against opposition’s LaiqMohammad who secured 27 votes. 108 out of 112 members of provincialassembly exercised their voting right.
KP assembly had commenced its session during which polling to selectspeaker and deputy speaker was started. The MPAs confidentially voted theirfavorite candidate.
PTI had nominated Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani for slot of speaker and Mahmood Jaanfor position of deputy speaker.
Names of Laiq Mohammad and Jamshed Mohammad were given for theaforementioned positions respectively by the opposition.