Last Updated: February 23, 2024, 21:16 IST
Maryam Nawaz was among the many 337 elected lawmakers of Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly on Friday took oath in a session marred by sloganeering. (Image: Maryam Nawaz/X deal with)
Maryam Nawaz, daughter of ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, takes oath as Punjab meeting member, poised to develop into first feminine chief minister
Maryam Nawaz, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief and the daughter of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Friday, began her innings in parliamentary politics when she was administered the oath as a member of the Punjab meeting.
This got here as jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s get together approached the Supreme Court difficult the result of the February 8 elections alleging widespread rigging. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has claimed that it received 180 seats within the National Assembly by means of impartial candidates backed by the get together. However, the rigging ensured that the quantity was lowered to 92 seats solely.
On Friday, Maryam was among the many 337 elected lawmakers of Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly who took oath in a session marred by sloganeering between Sharif-led PML-N and members of Khan’s PTI who’ve now joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). The 50-year-old PML-N chief, who’s now being elected as the primary girl chief minister of the important thing province, was seen holding a portrait of his father within the Punjab meeting.
PML-N/SIC Take Oath
As many as 200 PML-N lawmakers, together with chief minister candidate Maryam Nawaz, had been administered the oath of workplace by outgoing Speaker Sibtain Khan. Around 100 of 113 Sunni Ittehad Council SIC (the brand new dwelling of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf of Imran Khan) additionally took the oath. The SIC/PTI candidate Aslam Iqbal and a few others didn’t attain the meeting as a heavy contingent of police was current there to arrest him for being concerned within the May 9 assaults on army installations following the arrest of Imran Khan final yr.
After administering the oath, the Speaker introduced the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker on Saturday. All the PML-N lawmakers had introduced the portrait of Nawaz Sharif to the House and chanted slogans to specific solidarity with the 74-year-old get together supremo, who surprisingly nominated his youthful brother to the submit of prime minister.
‘Mandate thieve’
Let the world know that institution backed Nawaz Sharif’s PML N received 42/297 seats in Punjab Assembly & 17/261 in National Assembly, in line with unique, signed documented proof.The #MandateThieves stole the nation’s mandate & are forming sham, illegitimate governments in…
— PTI (@PTIofficial) February 23, 2024
First-ever girl CM in Pak historical past
The SIC/PTI lawmakers chanted slogans of “mandate thieves”. They mentioned they might type the federal government as soon as the courtroom offers them again their stolen mandate. Maryam, who’s presently the vice chairman of the PML-N, is for certain to develop into the first-ever girl chief minister in Pakistan’s historical past as her get together has now a two-thirds majority within the Punjab Assembly.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) however has disadvantaged the SIC/PTI of girls and minorities reserved seats. The ECP says it has not submitted a listing for the ladies and reserved seats on time. The SIC’s enchantment has been pending with the ECP on this matter. The PTI-backed profitable impartial candidates joined the SIC throughout the nation to have its id and keep away from a scenario through which they had been compelled to alter their loyalty to the PML-N.
(With company inputs)
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