Outgoing Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq presided over the session and as the voting process formally commenced. Joint opposition’s nominated candidate, the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Shah and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led coalition’s nominee Qaiser will contest to become the 20th speaker of the Lower House. PTI’s Qasim Khan Suri and opposition’s Asadur Rehman are in the run for the slot of deputy speaker.
PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari was the first to be called for the vote, but the former president was not present.
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