Speaker NA administers oath to Hamza Shehbaz

LAHORE, 30,2022- Newly elected Punjab Chief Minister of Hamza Shehbaz took oath, and he became the 21st Chief Minister of Punjab.

Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf administered the oath.

After taking the oath, Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz joined the Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf.

Vice President Muslim League-N Maryam Nawaz, Federal Home Minister Rana Sanaullah and party leaders also attended the ceremony.
The oath-taking ceremony of the Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz was held at the Governor House Lahore.

Governor Cheema final bid to hinder Hamza’s oath taking

Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz arrived at the Governor’s House to take his oath for the oath-taking ceremony, Maryam Nawaz also accompanied him.

Earlier, in a bid to hinder the oath taking of new Punjab Chief Minister, the Governor Punjab Omar Sarfraz Cheema rejected the resignation of Usman Buzdar and wrote to the Speaker Punjab Assembly.
The Lahore High Court has directed the Speaker National Assembly yesterday to administer the oath to the Punjab CM elect Hamza Shehbaz on April 30.
Outside the Governor’s House, heavy deployments of police and security have been tightened.
But hour before oath taking Governor Punjab Omar Sarfraz Cheema rejected the resignation of Usman Buzdar.
Governor also wrote a letter to Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.

Speaker National Assembly to administer oath to Chief Hamza Shehbaz
In the letter, Governor Punjab Omar Sarfraz Cheema has said that Usman Buzdar did not addressed the resignation of the Governor Punjab, rather he addressed and sent it to the prime minister which is constitutionally incorrect.
PTI claims Buzdar restored
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has claimed that the Governor of Punjab Omar Sarfaraz Cheema’s Chief Minister Punjab was restored after dismissing his resignation on constitutional ground.
The PTI also claimed that the Punjab Cabinet has been restored after resignation of the Chief Minister Buzdar was rejected.
Meanwhile, Usman Buzdar has called a cabinet meeting at the Punjab Assembly.
Cheema calls President Alvi to deploy Rangers
Governor Punjab Omar Sarfraz Cheema has contacted President Arif Alvi and requested him to deploy of Rangers at the Governor House.
Outside the Governor’s House, heavy deployments of police and security have been tightened.