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New Pak. Speaker

ISLAMABAD NOV. 19. Chaudhry Amir Hussain of the Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) and a Musharraf loyalist was today elected Speaker of the new Parliament boosting the party's chances of forming a government.

Amid allegations of rigging and coercion, Mr. Hussian, a former Minister, received 167 out of 327 votes polled, higher than his nearest rival Liaqat Baluch of the MMA, a coalition of Islamic parties, who got 80 votes. The former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party nominee, Atizaz Asan, secured 71 votes.

— UNI

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