KARACHI / PESHAWAR, May 30: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad administrated oath of office to Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday evening.

The governor also administrated oath to a seven-member provincial cabinet comprising Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Manzoor Hussain Wassan, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Makhdoom Jamil Zaman, Dr Sikandar Mandhro, Sharjeel Inam Memon and Ali Nawaz Mahar.

Mr Shah was earlier elected leader of the house for the third time. He secured 86 of the 151 votes cast while his closest rival Syed Sardar Ahmad of the MQM bagged 48 votes.

The three legislators belonging to the PTI did not vote. Also on Thursday, Agha Siraj Durrani was elected the 16th speaker of the Sindh Assembly, getting 87 of the 155 votes cast.

Syeda Shehla Raza was re-elected deputy speaker, securing 86 of the 152 votes cast.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa In Peshawar, Asad Qaisar and Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi, joint candidates of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Jamaat-i-Islami and Qaumi Watan Party, were elected unopposed speaker and deputy speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Assembly.

Shortly after recitation from the Holy Quran, Speaker Kiramat Ullah Khan Chagharmatti adjourned the sitting and convened a meeting of parliamentary leaders in his chamber in order to elect the speaker and deputy speaker unopposed.

He urged the JUI-F, PML-N and ANP to withdraw their candidates and they agreed.

Opposition parties had fielded Munawar Khan of the JUI-F for the post of speaker and Akbar Hayat Khan of the PML-N for deputy speaker.

The assembly will elect leader of the house on Friday.

Pervez Khattak of the PTI, Maulana Lutfur Rehman of the JUI-F and Wajeeh-u-Zaman of the PML-N have submitted nomination papers for the post of chief minister.