LAHORE: Punjab cabinet will be formed on April 18 following Hamza Shehbaz’s election as chief minister from the Punjab Assembly with the support of votes cast in his favour by estranged PTI lawmakers in an unprecedented violent session.
According to sources having knowledge of the process, the Punjab cabinet will be finalized in two phases and in the first phase, allies would be adjusted in the cabinet.
“In second phase, PML-N will add its own lawmakers in the cabinet,” they said and added the entire cabinet would comprise of 40 to 45 lawmakers.
Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Hamza Shehbaz was elected Chief Minister Punjab after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and allied parties boycotted the session after ruckus which saw police enter the house.
Hamza Shahbaz got 197 votes from the house.
The session chaired by Dost Mazari was earlier delayed after some MPAs attacked Dost Mazari and he called Punjab police. Later, the brawl between the ruling alliance MPAs and joint opposition lawmakers resulted in Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi being left injured.
Hamza Shahbaz was the joint opposition’s candidate while PTI and allied parties favoured former Speaker Pervaiz Elahi for the coveted slot.
The newly elected chief minister of the Punjab province, Hamza Shehbaz will take oath of his new responsibility on Sunday night, however, Governor Punjab Omar Sarfraz Cheema would not administer oath to him.
