The inaugural sessions of the new Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, and Balochistan assemblies were convened on Monday, where MPA-elects took oath of their offices.
KP Assembly
In KP, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA-elect Sardar Aurangzeb Nalotha administered oath to elected members of the assembly amidst tight security arrangements by the police.
Later the members of the assembly signed the register roll.
The PTI has emerged as single largest political party with 64 members who also took oath besides members of the opposition, minorities and women MPAs elected on reserved seats.
A total of 112 newly elected MPAs took oath in the KP Assembly.
During the session, Pakistan Peoples Party’s Nighat Orakzai raised a point of order to express grief over the death of PTI’s Ikramullah Gandapur.
Special information counter for the newly elected MPAs were set up where they were given necessary information by the assembly staff.
Nomination papers for office of the speaker and deputy speaker of KP Assembly would be submitted by treasury and opposition benches today.
Sindh Assembly
In Sindh, the newly elected MPAs were administered oath by Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani, following which they signed the register roll in alphabetical order.
The oath-taking took place in three languages in the Sindh Assembly i.e. Urdu, Sindhi and English.
A total of 164 out of 168 were sworn in, with one member, Pir Fazal Shah, taking oath from a National Assembly seat.
Besides, notifications were not issued for the other two, Zulfiqar Ali Shah and Tharparkar’s Razzaq Rahemo. PS-87 was vacant as polling on the seat was postponed following death of TLP’s candidate.
Balochistan Assembly
In Balochistan, 59 MPAs were administered oath by Speaker Rahila Hamid Khan Durrani.
Like in other provinces, the session of Balochistan Assembly too took place amid high security.
The Punjab Assembly session has been summoned on Wednesday, August 15 at 10am.
Earlier today, newly-elected MNAs took oath in the inaugural session of the 15th National Assembly.
