LAHORE: PML-N’s Malik Ahmed Khan, who had received 224 out of 327 votes cast, became the new Speaker of Punjab Assembly(PA) here on Saturday (24th Feb, 2024).

The outgoing speaker Sibtain Khan administered oath to Malik Ahmed Khan in the second session of the Punjab Assembly held in the evening.

APP Adds: PML-N’s MPA and candidate for Punjab Assembly speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan was elected as the PA Speaker by securing 224 votes, while his opponent and candidate of Sunni Ittehad Council Ahmad Khan Bhachar obtained 96 votes through secret balloting, here on Saturday.

The Punjab Assembly session started one hour 33 minutes behind scheduled time of 4pm with Speaker Muhammad Sibtain Khan in the chair. Proceeding started with the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran, followed by the Naat-e-Rasool-e-Maqbool.

As many as 322 members of the Punjab Assembly cast their votes through secret balloting method to elect the PA speaker.

On completion of the secret voting for PA speaker and counting of votes, outgoing speaker Muhammad Sibtain Khan announced the number of votes secured by Malik Ahmad Khan and his opponent Ahmad Khan Bhachar.

Later, PML-N’s candidate Malik Zaheer Iqbal Channer, became the Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly by getting 220 out of 323 votes beating SIC candidate who received 103 votes.

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