The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly has scheduled a session for July 20, which will include the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected members for reserved seats in the agenda.
The assembly session schedule was issued on Friday, stating that a session has been called on July 20 in the assembly where the oath will be administered to the newly elected MPAs on reserved seats, women and minorities.
It included signing the roll of members, nominating the panel of Chairpersons, constituting the committee of petitions, and adding privilege motions and call attention notices to the agenda for the session scheduled for the coming Sunday.
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The Awami National Party (ANP) won the reserved women’s seat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly over the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf parliamentarian (PTI). Gurpal Singh was elected unopposed on the reserved minority seat.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, the toss held between the PTI-P and ANP on Thursday on the women’s reserved seat of the KP assembly.
It said a woman candidate of ANP, Shahida Waheed elected after winning a toss from the PTI-P candidate.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s Gurpal Singh Afridi was elected to a minority seat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly without the need for a toss. This was made possible when PML-N provincial president Amir Muqam announced his withdrawal from the toss. Gurpal Singh Afridi is a member of the Malik Din Khel tribe, which is located in Khyber Tehsil, Bara.
