Chaudhry brothers take revenge from Sharif brothers
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*LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam’s (PML-Q) Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has been elected as speaker of the Punjab Assembly* with 201 votes.
Atleast 15 member forward bloc has emerged in Punjab. Chaudhry's from Punjab claim to take revenge from Sharif brothers as they had formed a forward bloc in PML Q consisting of 42 members in 2008 Punjab Assembly.
Mr Elahi, who was the candidate of PTI-led coalition, secured 201 votes whereas his contender, PML-N candidate Chaudhry Iqbal Gujjar, bagged 145 votes.
Eearlier, ruckus broke out when a woman lawmaker, who belonged to the PTI, showed off her ballot as she cast vote, which angered the PML-N members who gathered in front of the speaker’s dias, demanding that her vote be cancelled.
Outgoing speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal, hence, cancelled Sadiqa Sahibdad’s vote because of the protest as he kept instructing protesting lawmakers to take their seats but to no avail.
At the outset, the PA session witnessed pandemonium as the PTI and PML-N members chanted slogans against each other.
The PTI has fielded MPA Dost Mohammad Mazari as its candidate for the slot of deputy speaker of the legislature.
Yesterday, the inaugural session of the Punjab Assembly was held in which elected members of the provincial legislature took oath.
In the house of 371 members Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s 179 MPAs, 164 members of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz and 10 members of Pakistan Muslim League Quaid took oath of their office, in addition to seven MPAs-elect of Pakistan Peoples Party and three independent candidates also sworn in.
Among overall 371 seats of Punjab Assembly 297 members are elected by direct election, while 66 seats of the legislature are reserved for women and eight seats reserved for religious minorities.
The assembly has presently 365 members elected in July 25 elections, while the result of three constituencies has been withheld by the election commission. Moreover, elections could not be held at three other seats due to death of a candidate or some other reason.
After the election for speaker and deputy speaker of the house, the new chief minister will be elected through secret balloting.
