LAHORE –
Voting is underway for the election of speaker and deputy speaker seats in Punjab assembly.
The session of local legislature in the provincial capital started with more than one hour delay as outgiong Speaker Sibtain Khan is presiding over proceedings.
The election is being held through secret balloting, with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Malik Ahmed and Sunni Ittehad Council’s Ahmed Khan contesting for speaker slot. Zaheer Iqbal would be up against Moin Riaz for the deputy speaker position.
On Friday, 313 members of provincial assembly took oath administered by Speaker Sibtain Khan.
The maiden session of the new assembly started more than two hours later than planned due to the delayed arrival of the speaker.
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