Out of 168 members of Sindh Assembly, 114 members belong to PPP while 36 members are from MQM-P.


Karachi: The newly elected members of Sindh Assembly have sworn-in during the session going on for the oath taking.
The meeting of the Sindh Assembly is being chaired by former speaker Agha Siraj Durrani, which officially started with the recitation of the Holy Quran.
Agha Siraj Durrani administered the oath to the newly elected members of the Sindh Assembly, among those who took the oath were the nominated Chief Minister of Sindh Murad Ali Shah, Faryal Talpur, Sharjeel Memon, Nasir Hussain Shah and others.
On this occasion, the assembly hall echoed with 'Jiye Bhutto' [Long Live Bhutto] slogans. Members of Sindh Assembly took oath in Urdu, English and Sindhi languages.
Out of 168 members of Sindh Assembly, 114 members belong to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) while 36 members are from Mutahidda Qoumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).
Nine members contesting the elections as independents have applied to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to join the Sunni Ittehad Council, while the members of Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) will not participate in today's ceremony.
On the other hand, the opposition alliance consisting of GDA, JI and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has announced a protest outside the Sindh Assembly, while the Sindh Home Department has imposed Section 144 in Karachi for a month due to lack of peace and security.
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