{"id":64607,"date":"2024-02-26T10:15:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T10:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sindh-assembly-session-underway-to-elect-new-cm\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T10:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T10:15:04","slug":"sindh-assembly-session-underway-to-elect-new-cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sindh-assembly-session-underway-to-elect-new-cm\/","title":{"rendered":"Sindh Assembly session underway to elect new CM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly session is underway to elect a new chief minister (CM), as the Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) is favourites to clinch the coveted seat for the fourth time, ARY News reported on Monday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The session is underway with Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Awais Shah. Newly elected MPA Nadir Ali Magsi took oath as the lawmaker of the house.<\/p>\n

PPP\u2019s Murad Ali Shah will be up against Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan candidate Ali Khurshidi amid a boycott by the PTI and the JI.<\/p>\n

Ghulam Qadir Chandio, Saleh Shah and Naeem Kharal submitted the nomination papers to the assembly on behalf of Murad Ali Shah.<\/p>\n

Read more: PPP\u2019s Awais Qadir Shah elected as Sindh Assembly Speaker<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It is to be noted that the Pakistan People\u2019s Party is the largest single party in Sindh Assembly with 112 members.<\/p>\n

Separately, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz nominee, Maryam Nawaz<\/a>, was elected as the first female chief minister of Punjab province amid a boycott of proceedings by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).<\/p>\n

The PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz, who has become the first-ever female chief minister of Punjab, won the elections after receiving 220 votes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n