Vows to follow rules & regulations for better functioning of Govt
MUZAFARABAD: The PML-N backed Shah Ghulam Qadir elected as speaker AJK Legislative Assembly with majority of votes on Saturday.
He secured thirty-nine votes while his opponents Malik Muhammad Nawaz of Muslim Conference got three votes and Aamir Abdul Ghaffar Lone of Pakistan Peoples’ Party got four votes. The PML-N supported candidate Sardar Farooq Tahir was also elected as deputy speaker of the House.
Later, the newly elected Speaker of AJK Legislative Assembly Shah Ghulam Qadir expressed his profound gratitude to the members of AJK Legislative Assembly for electing him as Speaker of the Assembly.
After taking oath as Speaker of the AJK Legislative Assembly in the special session today in Muzaffarabad he said that he will run the house with the cooperation and assistance of all the assembly members.
Shah Ghulam Qadir said that all rules and regulations would be followed for the better functioning of the government.INP reported.
He said that all members of the assembly are equally respectable for him. The outgoing Speaker Sardar Ghulam Sadiq Khan administered oath to him.
Earlier, the newly elected members of AJK Legislative Assembly took oath. The outgoing speaker Sardar Ghulam Sadiq took oath from the new MLAs.
Meanwhile, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Speaker and Murtaza Javed Abbasi Deputy Speaker, National Assembly congratulated Shah Ghulam Qadir and Sardar Farooq Tahir, on their election as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
In their separate congratulatory message to Shah Ghulam Qadir and Sardar Farooq Tahir, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker said that their election as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was an evidence of trust and confidence of leadership, members of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly reposed in them. They expressed the hope that under their sagacious leadership Azad Jammu and Kashmir legislative Assembly will play more vital role to further strengthen the democratic norms and institutions in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The Speaker and Deputy Speaker prayed for their success.
Distinguished Kashmiri politician and Central Secretary General of PML (N) AJK, Shah Ghulam Qadir was Saturday elected as Speaker of AJK Legislative Assembly for next five-year constitutional term.
According to press release, similarly Sardar Farooq Ahmed Tahir elected as Deputy Speaker of the AJK LA.
The election to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the newly-elected AJK Legislative Assembly in a special session of the house which met in Muzaffarabad on Saturday with the outgoing Speaker Sardar Ghulam Sadiq Khan in the chair.
Shah Ghulam Qadir bagged 39 votes against only three votes secured by Malik Muhammad Nawaz, the candidate of Muslim Conference and Aamir Abdul Ghaffar Lone of Pakistan Peoples’ Party AJK who got four votes.
Later Shah Ghulam Qadir took the oath as 12th Speaker of the AJK Legislative Assembly. The outgoing Speaker Sardar Ghulam Sadiq Khan administered oath to the newly-elected Speaker.
The newly-elected Deputy Speaker of the AJK LA Sardar Farooq Ahmed Tahir also took the oath of his office. Newly-elected Speaker Sah Ghulam Qadir administered oath to the Deputy Speaker.
The newly-elected members of the AJK Legislative Assembly from both treasury and opposition benches felicitated the newly Speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir and Deputy Speaker Sardar Farooq Tahir for assuming their respective offices.
In his inaugural address to the newly-elected AJK Legislative Assembly on this occasion, the newly elected Speaker of AJK Legislative Assembly Shah
Ghulam Qadir expressed his profound gratitude to the members of AJK Legislative Assembly for electing him as Speaker of the newly-elected Azad Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
Qadir said that he will run the house with the cooperation and assistance of all the assembly members. He said that all members of the assembly are equally respectable for him. He said that all rules and regulations would be followed for the better functioning of the newly-elected government.
It may be added that Shah Ghulam Qadir had been holding the office of Speaker of AJK Legislative Assembly during a past regime.