PESHAWAR
A total of 118 newly elected members would took oath in first session of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Wednesday.
21 women seats and four seats of minorities would remain vacant.
Governor KP has summoned the session of newly election provincial assembly.
On first day 91 members of Sunni Ittehad Council, 7 members of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUIF), 5 members of Pakistan Muslim League, 4 members of Pakistan People Party, 2 members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians, one member of Awami National Party and one members of Wehdat-ul-Muslamin would take oath. Two women members of JUI, two of PMLN and one member of PPP would take oath on reserved seats and the remaining 21 seats would remain vacant. The seats are vacant as independents still did not fulfill the criteria to provide list of women and minority seats.
Ali Amin Khan Gandapur and Aqibullah Khan were nominated for slots of CM and Speaker while newly elected member from Chitral would likely to be nominated as Deputy Speaker. Around 67 winning candidates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa out the total 113 notified from Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to become Members Provincial Assembly (MPAs) for the first time.
According to data released by ECP KP, these 67 new MPAs belong from 13 districts of the province. While 47 winning candidates have remained MPAs in previous terms.
