ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 19, SPA -- Pakistan's new lawmakers have elected the country's first-ever female speaker ofparliament. The outgoing speaker of the National Assembly announcedthat Fehmida Mirza easily won Wednesday's ballot. Mirza is a businesswoman and medical doctor who has beenelected to parliament three times. Mirza was nominated by the party of assassinated formerPrime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Her party finished first in parliamentary elections heldin February.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/537989