Sindh Assembly session to reconvene for election of speaker, deputy speaker

The Sindh Assembly will reconvene at 11am for the election of the speaker and the deputy speaker.

The nomination papers for the slots were declared valid by the outgoing speaker during yesterday’s session — when MPAs-elect took oath.

The PPP has fielded Owais Shah and Anthony Naveed as candidates for speaker and deputy speaker, respectively, while the MQM-P has fielded Advocate Sofia Shah and Advocate Rashid Khan.

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