Sardar Sibtain Khan has been elected as Speaker Punjab Assembly by securing 185 votes.

He was joint candidate of PTI and PML(Q) in the election for new Punjab Speaker, held at Assembly Building in Lahore this evening.

His opponent Saiful Malook Khokhar of PML(N) and allied opposition parties got 175 votes.

Senior Member of Panel of Chairmen, Nawabzada Waseem Khan chaired the session during which polling process was held through secret balloting.