PPP's Pervez Ashraf , voting on no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker today
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has been elected unopposed speaker of the National Assembly.
Earlier, Raja Pervez Ashraf had submitted his nomination papers for the post of Speaker in the National Assembly Secretariat. No other candidate has submitted his nomination papers.
The National Assembly Secretariat said in this regard that the notification regarding the election of Raja Pervez Ashraf as Speaker would be issued in accordance with the rules.
A meeting of the National Assembly has been convened today at 12 noon. Voting will be held on the no-confidence motion against the Deputy Speaker.
The five-point agenda of the National Assembly meeting convened on April 16 has been released according to which no-confidence motion against the Deputy Speaker will be voted on. Election of new Speaker is also on the agenda while newly elected Speaker will also take oath of office. ۔
In this context, the government and its allies have directed their members to stay in Islamabad today.
According to sources, the government and members of all allied parties should be ready in the afternoon. The government wants to elect a new speaker in the meeting.
Raja Pervez Ashraf was born on December 26, 1952 in Sanghar district of Sindh province. Started
Raja Pervez Ashraf's name came to the fore in politics at the national level when he contested from NA-51 constituency of the National Assembly in the 2002 elections and was declared the winner. Re-elected to the National Assembly.
Raja Pervez Ashraf is one of the senior leaders of PPP in Rawalpindi district. He was made Federal Minister for Water and Power in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on March 31, 2008. He held this post till February 9, 2011.
During his tenure, scandal of rental power plants came to light and he was also accused of taking bribes in projects. Later, the Supreme Court also found Raja Pervez Ashraf involved in this scandal
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