The nomination papers had been obtained by the Secretary of the Nationwide Meeting. (File)
Shehbaz Sharif, the joint candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples’ Social gathering (PPP), and Omar Ayub, the nominee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council, have each filed nomination papers for the place of Prime Minister of the nation, reported ARY Information on Saturday.
The nomination papers had been obtained by the Secretary of the Nationwide Meeting.
A candidate should obtain 169 votes within the 336-member parliament to be elected premier.
Based on ARY Information, PML-N and its allies, together with the Pakistan Folks’s Social gathering, declare to have loved the help of over 200 lawmakers.
Whereas, unbiased candidates backed by Imran Khan’s PTI received essentially the most MPs with 93 within the February 8 elections.
In the meantime, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq was elected because the twenty second speaker of the Nationwide Meeting (NA) on Friday.
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf presided the Nationwide Meeting (NA) session to elect a brand new NA speaker. The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) protested all through the session, reported ARY Information.
The speaker’s election was performed through a secret poll. The lawmakers voted one after the other.
PML-N candidate Ayaz Sadiq obtained 199 votes, whereas Aamir Dogar from the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) obtained 91 votes. Following Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s formal pronouncement, Sardare Ayaz Sadiq was sworn in as the subsequent speaker of the NA.
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