PA passes resolution demanding resignation of CEC.

LAHORE -- The Punjab Assembly on Sunday approved a motion calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja.

The session of the provincial assembly began with newly-elected Speaker Sibtain Khan administering the oath to his deputy, Wasiq Qayyum.

Qayyum was elected unopposed a day earlier after the Opposition announced a boycott of the polls.

In today's address, speaker Khan told the assembly that his deputy was elected after no one else submitted their nomination papers.

After the oath was administered, PTI lawmaker Syed Abbas Shah presented the motion against the Election Commission of Pakistan's chief, which was later approved by the assembly.

The motion calls on CEC Raja to resign from his post. After the motion was passed, the Assembly was adjourned till August 15.

The Imran Khan-led PTI took control of the Punjab Assembly along with their ally PML-Q following the Supreme Court's intervention in the chief minister's election.

After taking charge, in a meeting chaired by Khan on Saturday (July 30) the PTI announced that it has decided to file a disqualification reference in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against CEC Raja...

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