Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has achieved another victory in Punjab as PTI candidate Wasiq Qayyum has been elected as Punjab Assembly deputy speaker unopposed.

According to the details, after the no-confidence motion against PA Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari was successful, the seat of deputy speaker was vacant. The PTI nominated Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi as a candidate for the deputy speaker slot and he submitted his nomination papers. Then, he was elected as deputy speaker of Punjab Assembly without any contestant against him.

It should be noted that the opposition parties nominated Ali Haider Gilani as a candidate in the Punjab Assembly, but the deputy speaker candidate Ali Haider Gilani could not submit the papers due to which Gilani was out of the race.

After being elected as the deputy speaker, Wasiq Qayyum, talking to the media, said, “Today, the chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker are with the PTI. The imported government made big claims, but the people had taught them a lesson.

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A day ago, PTI MPA Sibtain Khan had been elected as Punjab Assembly speaker. Voting for the slot of Punjab Assembly speaker was held at the PA, after Parvez Elahi, former speaker, had become the chief minister .

The PTI and PMLQ had jointly fielded former Leader of Opposition in PA Sibtain Khan, whereas PML-N’s Malik Saif-ul-Malook Khokhar was the opposition’s candidate.

Sibtain had received 185 votes and Saif 175 votes, while four votes were rejected.

Both the candidates had submitted their nomination papers on July 28, which were approved after scrutiny by the assembly secretary.

The ruling coalition had a strength of 186 MPAs, whereas PMLN, PPP and a few independents had constituted 178 members. A tough contest was expected as the polling was held by secret ballot and the PML-N was mulling its strategy to stage an upset.