Agha Siraj Durrani takes oath

Published February 24, 2024

Outgoing Sindh Assembly speaker Agha Siraj Durrani has taken oath as a lawmaker. He took oath in the Sindhi language. Before that, he was about swear in the other lawmakers but he was stopped by lawmaker elect Murad Ali Shah, who told him he should first be sworn in before he could swear the others in.

Durrani was the speaker in the legislature that was elected in 2018.

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