Pakistan to Elect Parliament Leaders on Tuesday

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Pakistan to Elect Parliament Leaders on Tuesday

Pakistan's newly-elected National Assembly (NA) is to elect its Speaker and Deputy Speaker on Nov. 19 through a secret ballot.

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Pakistan's newly-elected National Assembly (NA) is to elect its Speaker and Deputy Speaker on Nov. 19 through a secret ballot.

The to-be-elected speaker will be the 15th of the South Asian Sub-continental country, as the first session of the parliament was presided over by the "father of the nation" -- Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who remained chairman of the assembly from Aug. 11, 1947 to Sept. 11, 1948.

The Nov. 19 session will start under the chairmanship of formerSpeaker Elahi Buksh Soomro.

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