LAHORE: Muhammad Khan Bhatti, Secretary of Punjab Assembly on Saturday said that voting for new chief minister of the province will not be held today.
The secretary said that today only schedule of the election will be announced and it is authority of the speaker to summon session for voting tomorrow (Sunday) or a day after tomorrow (Monday).
It merits mention that amid ongoing political turmoil, Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muahmmad Sarwar has accepted Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Umsan Buzdar’s resignation.
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi of PML-Q is candidate of PTI for the slot of CM, while joint opposition has nominated Hamza Shahbaz, Leader of Opposition in Provincial Assembly and Senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) for the position.
Read more: Shahbaz Sharif berates PM Imran Khan, says ‘defeat’ imminent Sunday
