The meeting was conducted with Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Awais Shah. Newly elected MPA Nadir Ali Magsi was sworn in as a member of the house.
PPP’s Murad Ali Shah secured a two-thirds majority with 112 votes against Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan candidate Ali Khurshidi, who received 36 votes. The PTI and the JI boycotted the proceedings.
Ghulam Qadir Chandio, Saleh Shah, and Naeem Kharal submitted the nomination papers for Murad Ali Shah a day earlier.
In the previous session, the assembly elected PPP’s Syed Awais Qadir Shah as the new speaker and Anthony Naveed as the deputy speaker, with the majority of lawmakers supporting them.
It’s important to note that the Pakistan People’s Party holds the largest number of seats in the Sindh Assembly with 112 members.
In a separate development, Maryam Nawaz, the nominee of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, was elected as the first female chief minister of Punjab. This historic event occurred amid a boycott by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz secured victory by receiving 220 votes, making her the first woman to hold the position of chief minister in Punjab.