Lahore: The session of the newly elected Punjab Assembly started after a delay of 2 hours.
As soon as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members entered the House, sloganeering started. PTI members raised slogans of Imran Khan and PML-N members of Nawaz Sharif. Slogans of ghari chor and tuber chor were also raised. PTI’s nominated candidate for the post of Chief Minister Aslam Iqbal could not reach the Assembly. 215 members of PML-N and allies while 97 members of Sunni Ittehad Council are participating in the meeting.
Speaker Sardar Sabtain Khan will preside over the session of the Punjab Assembly. In the meeting, the newly elected members of the assembly will take the oath of membership. Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chief Minister will be elected in the session of Punjab Assembly.
Government members have been allotted seats to the right of the Speaker while opposition MLAs have been allotted seats to the left of the Speaker. The seats allotted to the Sunni Alliance Council are still vacant.
Muslim League-N called a meeting of the party’s provincial parliamentary party before the assembly session. The meeting of the parliamentary party of Muslim League-N was presided over by Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawazne in the Assembly Chamber. Members of Parliament of People’s Party and Muslim League-Q were also invited to the meeting of the parliamentary party. PTI has decided to protest against not getting reserved seats.
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The new Punjab Assembly has been elected as a result of the general elections held on February 8, 2024. The Muslim League-N has nominated Maryam Nawaz as the candidate for the election of the Chief Minister of Punjab, while the Tehreek-e-Insaf and the Sunni Ittehad Council have nominated Mian Aslam Iqbal as the candidate for the Chief Minister.
Strict security arrangements have been made on the occasion of the inaugural session of the Punjab Assembly and the roads leading to the assembly have been closed for traffic.
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