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The office of Speaker of the National Assembly is created by Article 53 of the Chapter 2 in Part III of the Constitution of Pakistan: [3] After a general election, the National Assembly shall, at its first meeting and to the exclusion of any other business, elect from amongst its members a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker and, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker becomes vacant, the ...
This swing resulted in Nawaz Sharif becoming the new prime minister of Pakistan for the third time. [4] Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah won a PPP leadership vote to succeed Nisar Ali Khan as permanent Leader of the Opposition. [5] Ayaz Sadiq and Murtaza Javed Abbasi of PML-N were elected as the legislature's speaker and deputy speaker, respectively. [6]
[240] [241] The Pakistan High Commission in London issued visas to 37 British journalists, including prominent figures such as Christina Lamb of The Times, allowing them to cover the election proceedings in Pakistan. [242] A team from the Commonwealth, led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, was sent to Pakistan to monitor the ...
The Lahore-based Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has said it “deplores” the delay in announcing the election results.In a statement posted on X, it said: “HRCP deplores the delay in ...
Republicans retained their slim majority in the House of Representatives, despite losing a seat, during the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections. [17] With a two seat larger majority, in the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, a faction of the Republican majority, mostly represented by the Freedom Caucus, refused to support Republican ...
The 119th Congress will begin on Friday, ushering in a new era of Republican control in Washington that will start with a high-stakes leadership fight to pick the next House speaker.
Mike Johnson was re-elected Speaker of the House on Friday after two GOP holdouts decided to change their votes before the second round of voting was set to begin.. It was a high-stakes election ...
This resulted in the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) becoming the single-largest party officially. The assembly has seen no party hold an outright majority, hence the PML-N has formed a coalition government with support from the MQM-P , NP , IPP and BAP while the 68-seat Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has declared Confidence and supply to the ...