Lahore (Web Desk): Election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly will be held today (Saturday) through secret ballot in the assembly chambers.
Outgoing Speaker Punjab Assembly Muhammad Sibtain Khan will chair the election of incumbent speaker while newly elected speaker by the House will conduct election of the deputy speaker.
It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) Malik Ahmed Khan on Friday submitted his nomination papers for the office of Punjab Assembly (PA) speaker, while Zaheer Iqbal Chunar filed for the deputy speaker's post.
Meanwhile, Sunni Ittehad Council's (SIC) Ahmed Khan Bhachar filed his nomination papers for the post of PA speaker and Moin Riaz Qureshi his documents for the office of deputy speaker respectively.
