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ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl MNA Zahid Akram Durrani was elected 20th National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker unopposed as no other candidate submitted nomination papers against him.
Zahid Akram Durrani was administered the oath by NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf.
Zahid Akram Durrani has been elected unopposed as the 20th Deputy Speaker of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan.@ZahidDuraniMNA@RadioPakistan @PTVNewsOfficial @appcsocialmedia @demp_gov @GovtofPakistan pic.twitter.com/JVWfzSyyFS
— National Assembly of Pakistan (@NAofPakistan) April 21, 2022
It is pertinent to mention here that Zahid Akram Durrani did not take oath as the National Assembly (NA) deputy speaker on Wednesday as lawmakers paid tribute to late Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan MNA Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan.
The office of the NA deputy speaker fell vacant after Qasim Suri tendered his resignation less than an hour before the voting on the no-confidence motion against him.
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