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In a first, three fathers and their sons take oath in new NA

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ISLAMABAD: The first session of the 15th National Assembly on Monday witnessed unique distinction in which three fathers and three sons took oath as the member of National Assembly.

Father and sons who have been elected MNAs included Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pervaiz Malik and his son Ali Pervaiz Malik and Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his son Zain Qureshi.

Pervaiz Malik won the election from NA-133 bagging 89,678 votes against Ejaz Chaudhary of PTI who secured 77,231 votes. While Mr. Malik’s son Ali Pervaiz Malik won NA-127 (Lahore) with a huge 113,265 votes against Jamshed Iqbal Cheema of PTI who got 66,818 votes.

FATHER SONS oath National ASSEMBLY
Pervaiz Malik (L), Zain Qureshi (C), Bilawal Bhutto (R)

Similarly, Shah Mehmood Qureshi won NA-156 (Multan-3) with 116,272 votes while PML-N’s Amir Saeed Ansari was the runner-up with 84,940 votes. Qureshi’s son Zain Qureshi emerged victorious from NA-157 (Multan-4) with 77,371 votes, while Ali Musa Gillani, son of former PM Yousuf Raza Gillani, came second with 70,830 votes.

Likewise, Asif Ali Zardari secured the National Assembly seat from NA-213 (Shaheed Benazirabad-1) with whopping 101,362 votes, beating Sardar Shair Muhammad Rind of the Grand Democratic Alliance who got just 53,520 votes. While, Bilawal Bhutto won NA-200 (Larkana) with 84,426 votes and MMA’s Rashid Mehmood Soomro received 50,200 votes.

It is to be mentioned here that outgoing NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq administered oath to 331 MNAs-elect in the 342-member house during 15th session.

The Constitution makes it mandatory to convene NA session within 21 days of general elections.

 

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