KARACHI, (DNA) –  Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Agha Siraj Durrani has been elected as the speaker of the Sindh Assembly once more. The Sindh Assembly’s session was initially conducted under presiding officer Mir Nadar Magsi. 158 votes were cast in the speaker election. Agha Siraj Durrani bagged 96 votes, while MQM’s nominee Javed hanif was able to bag 59 votes. TLP’s MPA elect Younas Soomro did not participate in the voting process. The elections for the deputy speaker are under way and the assembly session is now being conducted by the newly elected speaker.

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – In an unfortunate incident, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA-elect Ghulam Abbas Khaaki passed away Tuesday night. He suffered a heart attack three days ago in a hospital. Khaalki had won with 47,429 votes from PP-222, Multan 12 constituency during the July 25 polls. He had defeated PML-N candidate Mehdi Abbas Langah to secure the seat. PTI leader Jehangir Tareen tweeted, “PTI MPA-elect Ghulam Abbas Khaaki passed away last night after having faced a major heart attack. His services & struggle for Naya Pakistan can never be forgotten. May AllahRead More

PESHAWAR, (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf’s (PTI) Mushtaq Ghani has been elected as Speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Wednesday. Mushtaq received 81 votes and declared victorious against opposition’s Laiq Mohammad who secured 27 votes. 108 out of 112 members of provincial assembly exercised their voting right. KP assembly had commenced its session during which polling to select speaker and deputy speaker was started. The MPAs confidentially voted their favorite candidate. PTI had nominated Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani for slot of speaker and Mahmood Jaan for position of deputy speaker. Names of Laiq MohammadRead More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Asad Qaiser of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly on Wednesday, according to results announced by outgoing speaker Ayaz Sadiq. He contested the election for the speaker against Khursheed Shah, the joint candidate of the opposition. The election was carried out through secret balloting. Announcing the name of new speaker, outgoing NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq said a total of 330 votes were polled, of them eight were rejected. He said Mr. Qaisar received 176 votes, while Mr. Shah bagged 146 votes. MomentsRead More

BAGHDAD, (DNA) – Failure by Iraq to comply fully with tough new US economic sanctions against Iran would be insane, analysts told. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi risked incurring US wrath after contradicting himself in the space of a few hours over whether his country would comply. Amid diplomatic maneuvers, as he negotiates for a second term in office after divisive and contested elections, Abadi offended both Tehran and Washington with conflicting statements on the US sanctions, which were reimposed last week. First, the prime minister said that while IraqRead More

LAHORE (DNA) – At least 358 newly-elected members of Punjab Assembly were administered oath on Wednesday by outgoing speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal during the first session that begun after a delay of 46 minutes. The will later sign the roll of members. Interim Chief Minister of Punjab Dr Hassan Askari and his cabinet will also attend the session and welcome the new members. Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly will be chosen on August 16 through secret balloting. The nomination papers for the aforementioned slots will be submitted fromRead More