LAHORE: Soon after taking the oath, Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday met estranged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen.
According to details, after taking the oath, CM Hamza visited Jahangir Tareen’s residence and met him and members of the Tareen group, and thank them for their support during the election of Chief Minister of Punjab.
Speaker of National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf administered the oath to CM-elect Hamza Shahbaz on directions of the Lahore High Court.
The ceremony, which was held at Governor House in Lahore, was attended by senior leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) including Maryam Nawaz and other officials of the party.
Hamza was elected as Punjab’s chief minister on April 16. However, his oath-taking was deferred twice despite the LHC’s directives not delaying the matter any further.
It is pertinent to mention here that PML-N and its allied parties do not have a majority in Punjab Assembly, however by the votes of 26 dissident MPAs of Tehreek-e-Insaf Hamza Shehbaz was elected as CM Punjab.
All these dissident MPAs are parts of the Tareen Group.
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