CM Punjab Elections: Hamza In Pervaiz Elahi Out
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Hamza Shehbaz was retained as Chief Minister Punjab after a strong competition with Pakistan Tehreek Insaf and PMLQ. Hamza had 3 lead over PTI and PMLQ.
The highly-anticipated session of the Punjab Assembly, which will vote for the next chief minister of the province, commenced on Friday after a three-hour delay.
On April 16, Hamza Shehbaz got 197 votes for CM Punjab Elections
Chairing the session, Mazari said that on April 16, voting for the chief minister of Punjab was held for the first time during which PML-N leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi had not received any vote.
“While 197 votes were cast for Hamza Shehbaz. But after the Supreme Court’s order on Article-63A, 25 votes were removed.”
Now, he went on, Hamza had 172 votes, highlighting that none of the members could not clinch 186 votes — required to become the leader of the house.
“Hence another round of voting under Article 130 (4) of the Constitution and rules and procedures of assembly is being held.
The sitting was being presided by Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari. It started with a recitation of the Holy Quran and its translation.
PMLN MPA Raja Sagheer took oath:
At the outset of the session, PML-N’s Raja Sagheer, who had won Rawalpindi’s PP-7 seat during the recently-held Punjab By Elections, was administered his oath.
However, the oath was challenged by a PA member who contended that Sagheer could not exercise his vote as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had not yet notified his appointment.
Separately, MPA Shabbir Gujjar also raised a point of order. He claimed that PTI leader Zain Qureshi was both a provincial assembly and National Assembly member and couldn’t cast his vote.
Mazari refused to chair the CM Punjab Election session, PTI claims:
Earlier, PTI leader Shafqat Mahmood claimed that Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari had “refused to chair” the Punjab Assembly session.
“PTI and Q League have a clear majority otherwise the session would have started,” he tweeted, demanding that incumbent CM Hamza Shehbaz should quit.
Chaudhary Shujat distances himself from Elahi’s Candidancy:
While the voting was underway inside the House, unconfirmed reports were circulating outside that PML-Q Chairperson Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had written a letter distancing himself from Elahi’s candidacy.
Pakistan Muslim League Q (PMLQ) will not support PMLN and its allies in CM Punjab Elections, tweeted Moonis Elahi of PMLQ. Our CM will be only from PTI and no other party, he added.
CM Punjab Elections: Hamza In Pervaiz Elahi Out
