PA Session To Elect CM Begins

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Aug, 2018 ) :Punjab Assembly session to elect Punjab Chief Minister started with Speaker Punjab Assembly Ch Pervaiz Elahi in the chair.

The assembly proceedings started at 12:10 pm, more than one hour behind its scheduled time of 11:00 am with the recitation from the holy Quran.

Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf (PTI) has nominated Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar and while Hamza Shahbaz is the candidate of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for the 20th Chief Minister of Punjab.

The leader of the house in the Punjab Assembly will be elected through open ballot.

The PTI has emerged as the majority party in Punjab after the July 25, 2018 general elections and boasts a decisive majority of 188 members with the allies including Pakistan Muslim League (Q).

The PML-N has 159 members in the Punjab assembly.

Pakistan peoples Party (PPP) with seven members has decided not to vote for the Chief Minister election although its MPAs would attend the session.

Earlier, the meeting of the parliamentary party of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf (PTI) was held in the committee room which was headed by designate Punjab Governor Ch Muhammad Sarwar while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) parliamentary party met with Hamza Shehbaz Sharif in the chair.

The opposition led by Hamza Shehbaz Sharif protestedbefore the Speaker dais before the start of the session.