Newly-elected MPAs of KP, Balochistan assemblies to take oath today

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan assemblies’ session will be held today, during which newly elected members will take oath.

The names of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker candidates for both the assemblies have not been announced yet.

In the first session of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly today, the newly elected members of the assembly will take oath. 21 seats for women and 4 seats for minorities will remain vacant if there is no decision regarding the allocation of specific seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council.

All the preparations regarding the assembly session have been completed while the renovation work of the assembly has also been completed.

In the first session of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly,  two women each from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Pakistan  Muslim League-N and one woman from Pakistan  People’s Party will take oath while 21 reserved seats will remain vacant. Four members on minorities’ seat will also not be able to take oath.

All the arrangements for the session of the provincial assembly have been completed.

On the other hand, the first session of Balochistan’s 12th assembly will also be held today.

The maiden session will be held at 3pm in which 62 out of 65 successful members of the assembly of the province will take oath.

Three members of the assembly will not be able to attend the meeting due to non-issue of notification.