ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will elect its new Speaker on April 16, while the vote of no-confidence against deputy speaker Qasim Suri will also be held on the same day, according to the election schedule released on Wednesday.
The election of the Speaker National Assembly will be held on April 16 at 4:00 pm on Saturday. The nomination papers for the Speaker’s office will be received on April 15 and scrutiny of the papers will be held on the same day.
The election of the Speaker National Assembly will be conducted by secret ballot.
Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser had resigned before voting on the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan last Saturday night.
The vote on the no-confidence motion against National Assembly’s Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri will also be held on the same day after the election of the Speaker.
The opposition had submitted a no-trust motion against Qasim Suri last Friday, a day before voting on a no-trust motion against the Prime Minister scheduled to take place.
The resolution, addressed to the secretary of the National Assembly Secretariat, was submitted by the PML-N’s Murtaza Javed Abbasi.
