A senior PPP leader said while responding to a question – why PPP MPA Ali Haider Gillani did not file his nomination papers for the post, giving the PTI candidate a walkover. The joint opposition parties’ candidate, Ali Gillani, did not file his nomination papers for the deputy speaker’s elections that were held on Saturday. The senior PPP leader, however, denied the media reports, saying that the PML-N was trying to play dirty by bypassing their party leadership and nominating a PPP MPA for the deputy speaker’s elections on their own. PPP MPA Usman Mehmood told The Express Tribune that it was out of protest that they did not file the nomination papers. He said that the speaker’s elections were held in an unfair manner, which they had challenged in the court.

Source: The Express Tribune July 31, 2022 07:11 UTC