Raja Pervez Ashraf elected unopposed as Speaker National Assembly

Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Raja Pervez Ashraf has been elected unopposed as the Speaker of the National Assembl...

Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Raja Pervez Ashraf has been elected unopposed as the Speaker of the National Assembly.

 

Raja Pervez Ashraf elected 22nd Speaker of National Assembly — Photo: NA Twitter

Following the resignation of Speaker Asad Qaiser and Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri, the meeting was chaired by PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq, a member of the panel of chairpersons and former Speaker National Assembly.

At the beginning of the meeting, Leader of the House Shahbaz Sharif addressed the assembly.

 

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Presenting item number 5 of the agenda of the assembly session, Ayaz Sadiq announced that Raja Pervez Ashraf was the only candidate for the post of Speaker National Assembly whose nominees were Khurshid Shah and Naveed Qamar and thus he was elected unopposed.

Raja Pervez Ashraf has become the 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly and Ayaz Sadiq administered the oath of office to him.

After assuming the office of Speaker, Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf said that he was very grateful to Allah Almighty for holding the prestigious position of Speaker National Assembly.

He said that he was deeply grateful to PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Leader of the House Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and all other parliamentary leaders and members of Parliament for electing him unopposed to this post.

He said that he was happy to be elected as the Speaker of the Diamond Jubilee of Pakistan.

The Speaker of the Assembly said that enhancing the esteem and respect of this esteemed House is my highest priority and priority. Responsibilities include.

He said that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected unopposed as the first head of the House for which this esteemed House elected me unopposed and this House also appointed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as Custodian of the House. House has been selected.

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Raja Pervez Ashraf said that while Quaid-e-Azam address is the first official and national constitutional statement of Pakistan, it also affirms the central role of the legislature in the state structure. And you have all the options.

Load shedding in the country due to lack of interest of former government, Shahbaz Sharif

Earlier addressing the House, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that several meetings were held with the energy authorities in which it was revealed that the country currently has the capacity to generate 35,000 megawatts of electricity including 6,000 megawatts of hydel. Can be obtained from power.

He said that coal-fired power plants could not be run under the Pak-China Economic Corridor and many plants were shut down due to gas and oil which was causing load shedding in the country due to lack of interest of the former government.

Shahbaz Sharif said that terminals at Karachi port are inadequate, the previous government was so incompetent that it did not care, this morning visited Rawal Chowk flyover which was to be completed in 24 months, we built such flyovers in 72 days. Tax given to the people.

It may be recalled that the agenda of the meeting included voting on a no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri which could not take place due to his resignation.

Institutions are moving towards a constitutional role which is our victory, Bilawal Bhutto

Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in his address congratulated the newly elected Speaker.

He said that the chair on which you are sitting has been insulted, the parliament of which we are a part has been mocked in the last few months, the identity of Pakistan and democracy and constitution have been played all over the world.

He said that I was going to say united opposition but now we are united government, our biggest achievement was that we overthrew the elected prime minister who was imposed on this house.

He said that it was a victory of united opposition and the whole country that the people of Pakistan saw a ray of hope that all the institutions of Pakistan which had been controversial might now move from a controversial role to a constitutional one. Are

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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that if this transition is completed, if all the institutions of this country become constitutional instead of becoming controversial, then there is no power in this world that can stop the development of Pakistan, if we complete this journey. Pakistanis will get their rights.

Continuing his speech, he said that all parties and the country are now looking at you, Prime Minister, if we succeed in this struggle then history will remember us all.

He later presented a resolution of condolence on behalf of all parties on the demise of renowned social leader Balqis Edhi and recommended the highest civil award for her, which was unanimously approved.

In another resolution, it condemned the violence against Dost Muhammad Mazari, Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Assembly, which was passed unanimously.

The resolution was moved by PML-N National Assembly member Shaza Fatima Khawaja, according to which the Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly was verbally and physically attacked. The National Assembly condemns this barbarism.

Mufti Asad Mahmood objects to resignations of PTI members

Speaking in the House, Mufti Asad Mahmood, Member National Assembly, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), said, "I heartily congratulate you on being elected Speaker. Millions of people have trusted us."

He said that the whole world knows that PTI has resigned, how can one person accept the resignations of the whole party.

He said that inshallah we will also win in the Punjab Assembly. After the success of the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, our madrassas and mosques were attacked.

He demanded that the record of the buffaloes sold by the Prime Minister House and the details of the gifts of the treasury be presented in the House.

PTI members did not want to resign, pressure was exerted, Ayaz Sadiq

Supporting Asad Mehmood, Ayaz Sadiq said that it is true that PTI members had submitted their collective resignations to the National Assembly Secretariat in 2014, in which we sought help from the decision of the Supreme Court and used our minds.

He said that one night 9 out of 33 members called me and said that if you want to accept resignation then we want to come in the house, to which I told them that I accepted resignation for these reasons. Not doing

Ayaz Sadiq said that then we called these members one by one so that their signatures would be confirmed and it would be known that they made this decision without any pressure but no one came, only one of them Confirmed resignation. And he said that we will return the salaries but no one returned the full salary but returned half the salary while the 2 members did not even give the one in which Imran Khan Niazi was.

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Ayaz Sadiq said that the resignations of the members have just come on cyclo style paper while according to the rules they should be handwritten, besides they have not been confirmed individually.

He said that now you should see the resignations of the Speaker and call them as per the decision of Islamabad High Court and give them a chance.

"I am fasting and standing under the name of Allah. I have received calls from many members of PTI that we do not want to resign but we are being pressured," he said.

On which the newly elected Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf directed the National Assembly Secretariat that the resignations should be dealt with as per previous rolling and examples and all the resignations should be de-sealed and presented before me so that we can take action as per law.

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and other important leaders.

Later, Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf adjourned the National Assembly session till 12 noon on Monday, April 18, 2022.

It may be recalled that former Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser had resigned from his post at a time when he was scheduled to vote on a no-confidence motion against former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

On the other hand, Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri today resigned from his post before voting on the no-confidence motion against him.