Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi will compete with Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz for the Punjab chief minister slot.


Lahore: Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has summoned the Punjab Assembly session in Lahore today at 11:00 in the morning.
The session has been convened to elect the new Leader of the House under the powers, conferred on Governor Punjab under Article 109 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The Punjab Assembly will elect the new chief minister under Article 130 of the Constitution. The seat fell vacant after Chief Minister Buzdar tendered his resignation.
Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi will compete with Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz for the Punjab chief minister slot.
According to the gazette notification by the PA secretariat on Wednesday, it will be the 40th session of the 17th Assembly. The session is expected to be chaired by Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Dost Muhammad Mazari.

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