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title: "Speaker urges government and opposition to collaborate on CEC appointment"
description: "Most outlets led with the National Assembly speaker's call for the government and opposition to work together on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner, framing it as a step toward political stability. One outlet briefly mentioned the context of Imran Khan’s hospital treatment dominating the session, while another noted it as a key issue in the proceedings without elaborating."
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# Speaker urges government and opposition to collaborate on CEC appointment

pakistan · latest filing 22 Aug 2026, 6:36 AM PKT · 21–22 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the National Assembly speaker's call for the government and opposition to work together on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner, framing it as a step toward political stability. One outlet briefly mentioned the context of Imran Khan’s hospital treatment dominating the session, while another noted it as a key issue in the proceedings without elaborating.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Times** — [NA speaker urges govt, Opp to sit together on CEC appointment](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1541997/na-speaker-urges-govt-opp-to-sit-together-on-cec-appointment/) · 22 Aug 2026, 6:36 AM PKT
  > As the issue of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan’s treatment in a hospital dominated the proceedings of the National Assembly on Friday, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq urged the government and opposition to first sit together on the appointment of the chief election commissioner, whose term is due to expire, so that the country could move towards […]
- **Dawn** — [NA speaker urges govt, opposition to sit together on CEC appointment for political stability](https://www.dawn.com/news/2024350/na-speaker-urges-govt-opposition-to-sit-together-on-cec-appointment-for-political-stability) · 21 Aug 2026, 5:34 PM PKT · 95% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: As the issue of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan’s treatment in a hospital dominated the proceedings of the National Assembly on Friday, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq urged the government and opposition to first sit together on the appointment of the chief election commissioner, whose term is due to expire, so that the country could move towards political stability and harmony. The Supreme C...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 21–22 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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