Qayyum secured the seat wins after Opposition did not submit their candidate’s nomination papers before deadline.
PTI’s Wasiq Qayyum elected Punjab Assembly deputy speaker unopposed. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has achieved another victory in Punjab as PTI candidate Wasiq Qayyum has been elected as Punjab Assembly deputy speaker unopposed.
According to the details, after the no-confidence motion against PA Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari was successful, the seat of deputy speaker was vacant. The PTI nominated Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi as a candidate for the deputy speaker slot and he submitted his nomination papers. Then, he was elected as deputy speaker of Punjab Assembly without any contestant against him.
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It should be noted that the opposition parties nominated Ali Haider Gilani as a candidate in the Punjab Assembly, but the deputy speaker candidate Ali Haider Gilani could not submit the papers due to which Gilani was out of the race.
After being elected as the deputy speaker, Wasiq Qayyum, talking to the media, said, “Today, the chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker are with the PTI. The imported government made big claims, but the people had taught them a lesson.
While Imran Khan demanding fresh general elections. PTI Chairman and Former Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that his political party won Punjab by-polls despite the use of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and state machinery by the government.
Imran Khan addressed the nation after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) grabbed a landslide victory in the Punjab by-polls and won over 15 provincial assembly (PA) seats.
In his opening remarks, Imran Khan said, “I salute the people of Punjab, youth and women for coming out of their houses to vote. All of us should be grateful to Allah Almighty for witnessing a welcoming and historical day in the country.”
The PTI chairman said that he has never witnessed such consciousness and awakening of the nation ever before and the people of Pakistan are going to become a nation instead of acting like a crowd who lacks any ideology. ‘All of our issues will be resolved if we become a nation.”
