| Deputy speaker Qasim Suri resigns before voting on no-trust motion| Assembly passes resolution to condemn Punjab Assembly hullabalooISLAMABAD – PPP’s senior lawmaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, a consensus candidate of the ruling clique, was yesterday elected unopposed Speaker of the National Assembly. PML-N’s Khawaja Muhammad Asif also congratulated the Speaker National Assembly saying that the parliament was bound to uphold the law and the Constitution. We will go to any length to protect Pakistan,” said the deputy speaker, in a tweet. The treasury benches would soon submit nomination papers of for the slot of deputy speaker in the national assembly. Parliamentary sources said that a nomination paper of a consensus candidate from JUI-F for the slot of deputy speaker would be submitted in the coming week.

Source: The Nation April 17, 2022 08:28 UTC