Today’s election for Chief Minister of Punjab.
On the instructions of the Lahore High Court (LHC), the election for the next chief minister of Punjab will take place today (Saturday), amid considerable political activity by competing organisations vying for the top spot.
Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari will preside over the session in which members of the Punjab Assembly will vote to elect the new province head.
The two contenders, Hamza Shahbaz and Parvez Elahi, are likely to compete fiercely. Hamza is a joint candidate of the PML-N and other coalition parties, while Elahi of the PML-Q has the support of the PTI.
The session on April 16 is being held in accordance with the LHC’s Wednesday order.
The session on April 16 is being held in accordance with the LHC’s Wednesday order, which rejected Hamza’s request for early elections and restored the deputy speaker’s powers.
The court has urged the deputy speaker, whose powers were revoked last week, to hold the election on April 16.
Since ex-governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar — who was ousted from his position last week – accepted Usman Buzdar’s resignation on April 1, the CM’s office has remained vacant for nearly two weeks.
After Speaker Elahi sealed off the Punjab Assembly on April 6, the Opposition elected PML-N leader Hamza as the chief minister in a symbolic session of the provincial assembly.
The combined opposition claims to have 200 members in its ranks.
