Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Friday felicitated Ayaz Sadiq on becoming the National Assembly speaker.
Expressing his thoughts, Shehbaz said: “Ayaz Sadiq is an experienced and capable politician. Ayaz Sadiq has set a unique example by electing the speaker for the third time.”
“We will play an active role in fostering the country’s democracy,” he added.
– PML-N's Ayaz Sadiq elected National Assembly speaker with huge margin in chaotic session –
Earlier, PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq was elected the National Assembly speaker with a huge margin in a session that saw noisy, raucous protests by the opposition Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf announced the results for the secret ballot voting for the speaker, during which Sadiq bagged 199 votes out of the 291 total cast. His opponent, SIC's Malik Aamir Dogar, polled 91 votes. He further announced that one of the votes was also rejected.
Following the announcement of the results, Ayaz Sadiq crossed over to his opponent Dogar's seat and greeted him.
It was noted later that 13 members of the assembly did not case their vote for the election of the speaker.
This included eight from the JUI-F who boycotted the election process as well as independent candidate Khawaja Shiraz, BNP-Mengal’s Sardar Akhtar Mengal, PML-N’s Yasmeen Nelson and an MQM-P member.
