Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif took the oath of office as Punjab’s new CM on Saturday morning, just hours after his dramatic victory in the province’s top office run-off election on Friday night. Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman administered the oath of office to Hamza Shehbaz in a simple but impressive ceremony at the Governor’s House […]
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Shujaat supports Pervaiz Elahi as Punjab CM candidate
Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid) President Ch Shujaat Hussain has made it clear that Ch Pervaiz Elahi will run for the position of Punjab Chief Minister. Elahi will represent the party in the CM election, Ch Shujaat made clear in a statement released on Wednesday. He claimed that he had previously made it clear not just […]
Imran Khan again calls for early election after Punjab victory
After his party took over the state assembly in Punjab, the nation’s most populous province, the former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan reinforced his call for an early election on Monday. In the Punjab by-election, 20 seats were up for grabs. It was viewed as a popularity test for the former international cricket star who […]
Fawad denounces ban on Gandapur’s entry into Punjab
Former federal minister and PTI leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has criticized the Punjab government for prohibiting Ali Amin Gandapur from entering the province on the eve of by-elections on Sunday. In a couple of tweets, Fawad said “The ban on Ali Amin Gandapur’s entry into Punjab is not only a serious violation of basic human rights, but it will harm the unity and integrity […]
By-elections: Punjab govt seals province’s border with KP
The Punjab government on Saturday sealed the flyover connecting the province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) by placing a container on it to maintain a law and order situation during the by-polls to be held on 20 Punjab Assembly seats tomorrow (Sunday, July 17, 2022). According to the channel’s sources in the Punjab Police, the provincial […]
PTI challenges LHC’s decision of Punjab CM election vote recount
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed an appeal with the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday against the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision to exclude the votes of 25 PTI MPAs from the recount of MPA votes in the Punjab Assembly for the election of the Punjab chief minister. The PTI pleaded with the apex court to accept […]
Punjab anti-corruption dept starts investigation against Farah Gogi
On Thursday, the Punjab government’s anti-corruption division has begun looking into the corruption allegations against Bushra Bibi’s friend. The department was looking into the construction of the Mongolia Housing Society in Gujranwala by Ghausia Builders, the company Gogi owns and whose plots are allegedly what she sold despite the fact that they never existed. According […]
Sh Rasheed warns of ‘chaos’ in Punjab by-polls
By-elections for local bodies (LBs) in Punjab are scheduled to take place on July 17, 2022, and the former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed on Monday warned of “anarchy” if incidents like the theft of ballot boxes and the kidnapping of presiding officers (POs) from those elections were repeated. Talking to the media at F-8 Kutchery […]