Aaj TV English News - Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:15:13 +0500 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:15:13 +0500 60 PTI’s Wasif Abbasi elected Punjab Assembly deputy speaker unopposed https://english.aaj.tv/news/30294083/ptis-wasif-abbasi-elected-punjab-assembly-deputy-speaker-unopposed <p><strong>Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Wasif Qayyum Abbasi was elected unopposed on Saturday the new deputy speaker of the Punjab Assembly after the opposition parties boycotted the elections.</strong></p> <p>Abbasi was elected after his rival, PPP MPA Ali Haider Gilani, refused to submit his nomination papers. The deadline to hand in the documents was 5pm.</p> <p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media--stretch media--uneven media--stretch'> <div class='media__item media__item--twitter '><span> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/umertanveerPTI/status/1553343835572695040"></a> </blockquote> </span></div> </figure></p> <p>The position feel vacant after Dost Muhammad Mazari was ousted through a vote of no confidence a day earlier.</p> Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Wasif Qayyum Abbasi was elected unopposed on Saturday the new deputy speaker of the Punjab Assembly after the opposition parties boycotted the elections.

Abbasi was elected after his rival, PPP MPA Ali Haider Gilani, refused to submit his nomination papers. The deadline to hand in the documents was 5pm.

The position feel vacant after Dost Muhammad Mazari was ousted through a vote of no confidence a day earlier.

]]> Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/news/30294083 Sat, 30 Jul 2022 21:17:52 +0500 none@none.com (Ateeq Malik) Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Wasif Qayyum Abbasi (right). Photo via Twitter