Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan of Muslim League (N) elected Speaker of Punjab Assembly
A meeting of the Punjab Assembly was held under the chairmanship of Speaker Punjab Assembly Sabtain Khan in which voting was held for the election of the Speaker. All 327 members cast their votes for the election of the Speaker.
Malik Ahmad Khan was elected MPA from Kasur Punjab Assembly Seat of PP-179 in General Election 2024. Mr. Malik Ahmed Khan was PML-N;s ticket holder.
He defeated PTI’s backed independent candidate of provincial assembly, Mr. Sardar Nadir Farooq Ali.
Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan of Muslim League (N) secured 225 votes while his opponent was Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar of Sunni Ittehad Council. It was between Malik Zaheer Iqbal Chanar of PML-N and Moin Riaz of Sunni Ittehad Council for Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly.
Proceedings of the House
Zaheer Channar Elected Deputy Speaker
Profile of Malik Ahmad Khan
Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan is a Pakistani politician who is the current Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, he assumed office of the Speaker on 24 February 2024. He is also a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab having taken oath on 23 February 2024.
- Born: November 29, 1971 (age 52 years), Kasur
- Previous offices: Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (2018–2023)
- Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)
- Education: The University of Buckingham
- Constituency: PP-179 Kasur-v
When the meeting started in the House, both sides shouted slogans against each other. Assembly Secretary Aamir Habib explained the procedure for the selection of Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the House. Three booths were set up on the right side of the House, with 125 members from PP One, PP 126-250 in polling booth number two and PP 251-371 in PP three.
Earlier, six honorable members took oath in the meeting. In which pp 214 Waseem Khan Baduzai, pp 157 Farhat Abbas, pp 203 Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal.
pp 83 Fateh Khaliq Bandyal, pp 30 Chaudhry Shafi Hussain and pp 70 Tishqal Abbas Waraich are included.
After the swearing in of the new members, the number of sworn members in the Punjab Assembly House reached 327. All 327 members participated in the voting process in the election of the Speaker.
321 out of 371 members of Punjab Assembly took oath yesterday
It should be noted that the number of candidates of Muslim League-N is heavy. Earlier, 321 out of 371 members of Punjab Assembly took oath yesterday.
In the provincial assembly, Pakistan Muslim League-N is leading with 193 members while Sunni Ittehad Council is the second largest party in the house with 98 members. Apart from this, there are 13 members of Pakistan People’s Party and 10 members of Muslim League-Q. 5 members of the Stability Pakistan Party, Tehreek Labeek and one each of Muslim League Zia-ul-Haq are members of the Punjab Assembly.
Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan and Zaheer Iqbal Chanar for Speaker and Deputy Speaker have a clear advantage in the House, which is because the Muslim League-N also has the support of Pakistan Peoples Party, QL and IPP members. Is. Muslim League-N and its allies have taken an unbeaten lead with a total of 223 members.
