ISLAMABAD: Member National Assembly (MNA) Zahid Akram Durrani, belonging to JUI-F, has submitted nomination papers for the slot of Deputy Speaker National Assembly and was selected unopposed.

The National Assembly Secretariat earlier issued a schedule for the election of the deputy speaker of the House and nomination papers could be submitted for the slot till April 19 (Tuesday) at 12 pm with Secretary National Assembly.

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According to NA Secretariat, no other candidate except Zahid Akram Durrani submitted the nomination papers making him the deputy speaker unopposed. The election for the vacant seat of deputy speaker will take place on April 20.

The seat fell vacant after Qasim Suri resigned from the post following the no-confidence motion submitted against him by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on April 16 elected as 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly unopposed as no other candidate submitted nomination papers against him.