PM Shehbaz Sharif’s son Hamza wins Pak’s Punjab province in setback to Imran Khan

In a setback to ousted Pakistan premier Imran Khan, Hamza Shehbaz, son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, was declared the winner within the election to the submit of Chief Minister of Punjab province on Friday although his PML-N occasion didn’t have a majority within the Assembly after key by-elections this week.

Hamza Shehbaz managed to retain the submit of Punjab province Chief Minister by the barest of margins after the Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari rejected 10 essential votes of his rival candidate Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s occasion, PML-Q, on ‘technical grounds’.

Deputy Speaker Mazari who presided over the essential session on Friday that started after a three-hour delay, rejected 10 votes citing Article 63-A of the Constitution of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), an ally of ousted prime minister Khan, and declared Hamza victorious.

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In the 368-member Punjab Assembly, Hamza’s occasion Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) obtained 179 votes, whereas Elahi’s occasion garnered 176 votes, however solely after 10 votes of Elahi’s personal occasion weren’t counted, after occasion head Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain issued a letter.

“I give a ruling to reject 10 votes of PML-Q as its chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has written me a letter declaring that his party lawmakers should not vote for the PTI-PMLQ candidate. I had spoken to Shujaat by phone and he confirmed that it is his letter,” Mazari stated, including that Hamza had retained the spot of Punjab province Chief Minister by three votes.

The PTI-PMLQ lawmakers protested the ruling of the deputy speaker.

Following Mazari’s determination to ignore the ten votes of PML-Q members – a transfer that allowed Hamza to retain his submit because the chief minister of Punjab – PTI stated that it could method the Supreme Court to problem the choice.

Elahi stated he would problem this determination within the Supreme Court because the deputy speaker violated the court docket’s order.

Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) occasion chairman Khan had warned that if the state equipment is used to steal the general public mandate, it’s going to lead the nation to a Sri Lanka-like scenario.

“If the state equipment is used to steal the general public mandate, the response of the plenty will lead Pakistan to a Sri Lanka-like scenario? I will be unable to regulate folks in such a situation,” Khan said.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz said what her party did on Friday was a tit-for-tat response to Khan’s party.

“PML-N has not forgotten the remedy meted out to them. Now the foundations of the sport would be the identical for everybody, else PML-N is aware of tips on how to play it higher,” Nawaz stated in a tweet.

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