National Assembly to elect new PM today: Shahbaz Sharif,United Opposition and Shah Mehmood PTI candidates

 ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will elect a new Prime Minister today. Shahbaz Sharif is the unanimous candidate of the United Opposition for the election of the new Prime Minister while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has nominated Shah Mehmood Qureshi as its candidate. The nomination papers of PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) president Shah Mehmood Qureshi have been accepted for the post. IK Babar Awan said that there are charges of financial corruption against Shahbaz Sharif, he will be the first Prime Minister of the world who has been on bail for 10 months. Submits 13 papers of Shahbaz Sharif, no Korang candidate, PTI nominates Amir Dogar, Malika Bukhari and Zain Qureshi, meeting time changed for new Leader of the House Will be at According to details, after the success of the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan yesterday, the process of electing a new Leader of the House has now started. Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif has submitted nomination papers for the post of Prime Minister, Khawaja Asif and Rana Tanveer Shahbaz Sharif. Every political party has submitted nomination papers of Shahbaz Sharif as Leader of the House. United Opposition has submitted 13 nomination papers. Ayaz Sadiq, Saad Rafique and Khawaja Asif filed nomination papers on behalf of PML-N. Khawaja Asif and Rana Tanveer are supporters and confirmers of Shahbaz Sharif. According to sources, no name of Korang candidate has been submitted by Shahbaz Sharif. PTI had raised objections on the nomination papers of PML-N president which were rejected. Meanwhile, Shah Mehmood Qureshi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf also submitted nomination papers. While submitting nomination papers, Ahsan Iqbal and Babar Awan had a heated exchange of words. Aamir Dogar, Malika Bukhari and Zain Qureshi also submitted nomination papers on behalf of PTI. Following the success of the no-confidence motion, Acting Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq had announced that the election of the new Prime Minister would be held today (Monday). Nomination papers for the election could be submitted by 2 pm The scrutiny of nomination papers will be completed by 3 pm and the election of the new Prime Minister has been postponed till 11 am on Monday. Now the meeting time of the National Assembly has been changed for the new Leader of the House. The meeting will be held at 2 pm instead of 11 o'clock. The National Assembly has released the schedule for the election of the new Prime Minister. According to the National Assembly Secretariat, the election of the new Prime Minister will be held (today) on Monday at 2 pm. According to NNI, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) raised objections on the nomination papers of United Opposition candidate Shahbaz Sharif. 233 gives the power to accept or reject nomination papers in 3 places. Babar Awan demanded that Shahbaz Sharif's nomination papers be rejected, there are charges of financial corruption against Shahbaz Sharif, he will be the first Prime Minister of the world who has been on bail for 10 months. Abbasi sharply told Babar Awan that what Roll says should be done, this is not the place to make speeches. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that what Roll 33 says, you should follow the law, first you changed the time. have been. The Secretary National Assembly said that the charges should be given to us, do not make any other political speeches, the Acting Speaker has given the authority to hear the objections. Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that do not interfere in the arguments of our lawyer, this government has not been formed yet Later, the Secretary National Assembly declared the papers valid and accepted the nomination papers of both Shahbaz Sharif and Shah Mehmood Qureshi. According to the Constitution of Pakistan, Prime Minister A simple majority of the total number of members of the House is required to be elected. The total number of members of the National Assembly is 342 while the Prime Minister must get the votes of 172 members to be elected. The procedure for electing the Prime Minister and the Leader of the House in the National Assembly is enshrined in the Constitution and the law, in the light of which this step is taken. According to the Constitution of Pakistan, a simple majority of the total number of members of the National Assembly is required for the election of the Prime Minister. In the National Assembly, the Speaker elects the new Leader of the House. Former Additional Secretary National Assembly and Prime Minister Tahir Hanafi, who served in the House on the occasion of election of several Prime Ministers, said in an interview that under Article 91 of the Constitution, the Leader of the House. Is elected by a majority of the total number of members present in the National Assembly but if any candidate is required during the election of the Prime Minister.