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PTI's Wasiq Abbasi elected new deputy speaker of Punjab Assembly unopposed after opposition boycott

Summary by Ground News

Joint candidate of PTI and PML-Q, Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi, elected Speaker of the Punjab Assembly unopposed. Opposition parties boycotted the election. Reports in local media said Wasiq Abbasi's rival and PPP lawmaker Ali Haider Gilani refused to submit his nomination papers.

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Business Recorder

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PTI's Wasiq Abbasi elected PA deputy speaker unopposed

PTI candidate declared victorious after his rival nominee refused to submit nomination papers

4 years ago

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Dawn

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PTI's Wasiq Abbasi elected new deputy speaker of Punjab Assembly unopposed after opposition boycott

Rival Ali Haider Gillani says "confidence lost in the house", refuses to submit nomination papers by 5pm deadline.

4 years ago·Pakistan

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Geo News

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PTI's Wasiq Qayyum elected Punjab Assembly deputy speaker unopposed

Deputy speaker's seat fell vacant after Dost Muhammad Mazari was removed via no-confidence motion

4 years ago

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Times of Islamabad

PTI Wasiq Qayyum elected as Deputy Speaker PA unopposed

LAHORE – Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi, the joint candidate of PTI and PML-Q, was elected Speaker of the Punjab Assembly unopposed after the opposition parties boycotted

4 years ago·Islamabad, Pakistan

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