Governor Kundi administers oath to reserved seats KP MPAs

Twenty-five MPAs-elect of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa opposition were sworn into office on Sunday after KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi administered their oaths.

Earlier, they could not take their oaths on reserved seats due to a lack of quorum in the provincial assembly.

In the morning today, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session adjourned shortly after it began due to lack of quorum, and 25 members could not take oath on reserved seats.

The quorum was pointed out by PTI member Sher Ali Afridi, and the opposition protested. Speaker Babar Saleem Swati said that the number of opposition members is 25, so the quorum is not complete. 

The speaker rang the bells, but the members did not come to the house, after which he adjourned the session until July 24.

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Members of 25 reserved seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly were to take oath today, including 21 women and 4 minority members. The opposition raised a fuss over quorum being pointed out.

Later, the leader of the Opposition in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Dr Ibadullah, talking to the media, said the province is in the hands of political minors and KP has not been represented in the Senate for one and a half years.

He said it is the responsibility of the government to fulfil the quorum, but the government, claiming a two-thirds majority, could not fulfil the quorum. He said minorities are not represented in the House.