The News: PTI fears losing votes in NA speaker, deputy polls

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has accused the opposition of trying to lure some of its lawmakers away by making “lucrative offers” for their votes in the election for the posts of the speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly. (AFP/photo)

August 15: The News states that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has accused the opposition of trying to lure some of its lawmakers away by making “lucrative offers” for their votes in the election for the posts of the speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly. The PTI leaders are worried mainly because of two reasons -- the secret balloting and slim majority it holds over the combined opposition’s total strength.

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