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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 ...
The Election Commission of Pakistan announced the detailed schedule on 15 December 2023. [5] The elections were held following two years of political unrest after Prime Minister Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was removed from office by a no-confidence motion. Subsequently, Khan was arrested and convicted for corruption and ...
The elections for eleventh National Assembly was held on 3 February 1997. The first session was held on 15 February 1997. Mr. Illahi Bukhsh Soomro took oath of the office of the Speaker National Assembly on 16 February 1997. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif took oath as prime minister of Pakistan and leader of the house on 17 February 1997.
“There is huge news today out of Pakistan, the most consequential since the country’s founding in 1947. Here’s what’s going on. ... Pakistan’s choice at election today: The lion, the ...
Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah (Urdu: سید غلام مصطفی شاہ; born 27 October 1959) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024 and previously served in this position from 2002 to May 2018 and then from ...
(8) When the National Assembly is dissolved the Speaker shall continue in his office till the person elected to fill the office by the next Assembly enters upon his office. The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the National Assembly. The speaker is assisted by the Deputy Speaker. Both officers are elected from within the ranks of ...
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq [a] (born 17 October 1954) is a Pakistani politician serving as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the federal parliament, since March 2024. He is one of the senior members of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) on the federal level .
On the basis of adult suffrage, National Assembly members are chosen through direct elections. The National Assembly of Pakistan is only allowed to have 342 [2] total members of parliament or MNA. This includes 70 seats set aside for women and religious minorities from across Pakistan, and 272 members are directly elected through the election.