Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Syed Murad Ali Shah and PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz are favourites for the seat of chief minister in Sindh and Punjab, respectively as the assemblies of both provinces will elect leaders of the House tomorrow.
PPP on Sunday formally announced Syed Murad Ali Shah as its candidate for the position, for the third consecutive time, while Ali Khursheedi will be the MQM-P’s candidate. His name was approved by former foreign minister and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at a meeting.
Spokesman for the MQM-P said that the party leadership had reached a consensus on the name of the candidate for the coveted post.
Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmed Khan declared the nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Maryam Nawaz and Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan correct after examined the documents.
Both the candidates’ nomination papers were filed in the PA secretary’s office on Sunday afternoon. PA Secretary Chaudhry Amir Habib received the nomination papers.
There were three nomination papers of Maryam Nawaz Sharif were submitted in the Assembly secretariat in which Col (R) Ayub Gadhi, Zeeshan Rafique and Mian Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman proposed her while Mian Yawar Zaman, Salman Rafique and Khwaja Imran Nazir endorsed her for the CM election.
Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan, the nominated candidate of the SIC for Chief Minister, personally reached the Punjab Assembly and submitted the nomination papers to the Secretary of the Punjab Assembly.
Time for submission was given to the candidates till 5 pm for nomination papers and after the filling of the nominations from both candidates, PA Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmed Khan examined the documents and after scrutiny, the papers of both the candidates have been declared correct as per the rules and regulations.
Speaker Punjab Assembly Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan said that the election of the Chief Minister of Punjab will be held tomorrow (Monday February 26, 2024) at 11:00 am. The Speaker also confirmed the media that there will be a contest between Maryam Nawaz Sharif of PML-N and Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan of SIC for the post of Chief Minister.
