Justice Ahmed administered the oath to Mr Shah at a simple ceremony at the Governor’s House.
Judges of the Sindh High Court, provincial ministers, secretaries and other provincial high-ups also attended the ceremony.
Syed Muzzaffer Hussein Shah will act as governor in the absence of Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan who has gone to London on a three-day visit to discuss the simmering political situations with MQM chief Altaf Hussein.
Political circles termed the appointment of the speaker a dramatic step because in line with parliamentary traditions, speaker acts as acting governor only when the chief justice of the high court is not in the country. —Online