LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) have stopped their lawmakers from traveling abroad ahead of the election of the new chief minister (CM) of Punjab on July 22, a private TV channel reported on Monday.
After getting victorious in the majority of the Punjab Assembly seats in the by-elections, the PTI and its ally party PML-Q asked its provincial lawmakers to stay in Lahore.
Both parties instructed their lawmakers to reach Lahore by July 21 to ensure their participation in the forthcoming CM election scheduled on July 22.
It is pertinent to mention here that the PTI got successful on 15 out of 20 PA seats in Punjab by-polls on July 17, whereas, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) won over four seats. One seat was won by an independent candidate.
Yesterday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) got successful to achieve the required number of PA seats to form its government in Punjab and oust Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Minister (CM) Hamza Shahbaz.
