Newly-elected Leader of the House in Sindh Assembly, Murad Ali Shah on Saturday sworn in as Sindh Chief Minister. Acting governor Agha Siraj Khan Durrani administered the oath to him who was earlier elected as the chief executive of the province for a second term. Parliamentarians, lawmakers, government officials and other dignitaries attended the ceremony at the Governor House. He was elected the new CM on Thursday by the Sindh Assembly. He secured 97 votes out of 158 votes polled in the election for leader of the house. Shah served as the finance and irrigation minister in the previous PPP government before he was elected as the chief minister from July 29, 2016 to May 28 this year. He was elected on a provincial assembly seat, PS-80, in his hometown Sehwan Sharif in general elections 2018. Published in Daily Times, August 19th 2018.