Asad Qaiser: Career profile of the Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD - Asad Qaiser has been elected as NA speaker after gaining 176 votes and Khursheed Shah got 146 votes.
Qaiser took oath as the 21st speaker of National Assembly administered by outgoing speaker Ayaz Sadiq, following which the election for the slot of deputy speaker will be held.
The counting is being carried out in presence of the polling agents of the contesting 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 Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, won NA-18 Swabi I and PK-44 Swabi 2 constituencies on the PTI’s ticket during the July 25 general election.
Qaiser belongs to the Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and graduated from 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 the Jamaat-e-Islami’s student win
