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Roghani Wins KP Deputy Speaker Seat

KP Assembly elects Dr. Meher Taj as New Deputy Speaker.

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday elected PTI’s Doctor Meher Taj Roghani as a new Deputy Speaker to fill the office, which was lying vacant for the last 14 months.

Meher Taj Roghani won 77 votes defeating opposition party’s Arbab Hayat who gained only 37 votes.

A total of 119 votes were polled in the assembly of 124 MPAs, due to the absence of five legislators.

Dr Roghani was formerly working as the special assistant to chief minister for social welfare.

The seat had fallen vacant after ex-deputy speaker Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi took oath as a provincial minister for law and parliamentary affairs in October 2014.

The election of the deputy speaker was delayed time and again reportedly due to the differences within the PTI on nomination of a suitable candidate for the slot.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.