The Sindh Assembly session to elect the new chief minister of the province commenced on Monday with PPP’s Murad Ali Shah contesting MQM-P’s Ali Khurshidi.
Newly elected speaker Syed Owais Qadir Shah is presiding over the session. After reading out the rules of polling, the voting commenced in the provincial legislature.
On Sunday, Owais Shah from the PPP seized the position of speaker in the Sindh Assembly, while Anthony Naveed secured the role of deputy speaker with a resounding majority on Sunday.
Shah garnered 111 votes in his favour, surpassing the 36 votes obtained by Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) candidate Sofia Saeed. The voting took place in the presence of 157 members of the provincial assembly.
Earlier, 147 newly elected members of the Sindh Assembly took their oaths of membership on Saturday.
As per the Election Commission of Pakistan’s results, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) emerged as the front-runner in the province, securing an impressive 84 seats.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) trailed behind with 28 seats.
Independent candidates, including those affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), clinched 14 seats, while the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) secured two seats each.
Given the decision by parties, excluding PPP and MQM-P, to boycott the proceedings, elected members from GDA, JI, and PTI-backed independents did not attend the oath-taking session.
