KARACHI: Members of National, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies on Wednesday and Thursday elected speakers and deputy speakers of their respective legislatures who will run the houses during the next five years.
Punjab Assembly
Joint candidate of PTI-led alliance Chaudhry Pervez Elahi has been elected as Speaker Punjab Assembly after securing 201 votes.
His rival, PML-N's Chaudhry Iqbal, obtained 147 votes.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Dost Mazari has been elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab by clear majority. He secured a total of 187 votes in the polls.
National Assembly
Asad Qaiser of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly, defeating Khursheed Shah of joint opposition front.
Qaiser bagged 173 votes against Shah's 146 while eight votes were rejected.
Meanwhile, Qasim Suri has been elected as Deputy Speaker of the lower house.
Suri secured 183 votes against Asad Mahmud, could get 144 votes. One vote was rejected.
The PTI leader has been sworn in as the deputy speaker by Speaker Asad Qaiser .
"I am thankful to our coalition partners for their support," he said, adding that he would do his best to transform Quetta and Balochistan. "We will have to address the sense of deprivation being felt in Balochistan," he said.
"I will discharge my responsibilities as per the law and the constitution. I will not differentiate between government and opposition members," he said.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
PTI member Mushtaq Ghani was elected Speaker of the Khyber Paktunkhwa Assembly by securing 81 votes.
His opponent Laiq Muhammad secured 27 votes. Mehmood Jan of the PTI was elected as Deputy Speaker of the assembly.
Sindh Assembly
Siraj Durrani have been elected speakers of the Sindh Assembly and Rehana Leghair as Deputy Speaker .
Following the result announcement, the successful candidates were administered oath.
Durrani secured 196 votes while his opponent from MQM Javed Hanif bagged 59.
Balochistan Assembly
The counrty's southwestern province also held the election for Speaker provincial assembly.
Balochistan Awami Party leader Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo was elected Speaker Balochistan Assembly.
Bizenjo bagged 39 votes against Muhammad Nawaz, who secured only 20 votes.
Muhammad Nawaz was jointly fielded by Muttahida Majlis Amal and Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal).
PTI's Sardar Babar Musa Khel has been elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly by clear majority.