Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman has taken the oath, as new Punjab Governor and later the Punjab Cabinet has also taken oath.
Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman took oath as new Punjab Governor in a simple but graceful ceremony at Governor’s House in Lahore.
Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, Muhammad Ameer Bhatti administered oath from him.
Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz besides parliamentarians, dignitaries and high up officials were present on the occasion.
Later on, Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz’s eight-member cabinet took oath in a ceremony held on Monday.
The oath-taking ceremony began with the recitation of the Holy Quran at the Governor’s House. Newly-appointed Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman administrated the oath to provincial ministers.
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Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz was also present at the oath-taking ceremony. Rana Muhammad Iqbal, Ata Tarar, Ali Haider Gilani and Awais Leghari were among those who were sworn in. Salman Rafique, Malik Ahmad Khan, Hassan Murtaza and Bilal Asghar also took the oath.
PPP leader Hassan Murtaza will be the senior minister while Khawaja Salman Rafique has been given the portfolio of Health Minister, and Awais Leghari has been given the portfolio of Local Government Minister.
Earlier, President Dr Arif Alvi approved the appointment of Baligh-ur-Rehman as the Governor of the Punjab.
He has given this approval on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Earlier on the 18th April, 2022, President Dr Arif Alvi instructed former Governor of Punjab Umar Sarfaraz Cheema to continue to hold the office.
According to a President House statement, the president said that the Punjab governor would continue to serve till the decision on a summary for his removal was taken.
Punjab Governor Umar Sarfaraz Cheema refused to administer the oath to the newly-elected Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Hamza Shehbaz after calling the election controversial.
PML-N Spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said Sarfaraz Cheema was packed by the Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif from the post of Punjab Governor. The decision has been taken under discretionary powers residing with the premier, Bol News reported.
Two weeks ago, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had appointed him as the new governor hours after Chaudhry Sarwar was relieved from his duties.
Addressing a presser right after he was sacked, Cheema termed the election of the chief minister as ‘controversial’ and maintained was still the governor.
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He said that the PM did not have the authority to remove him but the power rather rests with the president.
Cheema said his removal will only be confirmed once the premier forwards the summary to the president and gets denotified.
He also announced to postpone the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected chief minister Hamza Shehbaz until he receives a reply from the advocate general on the election which he deems controversial.
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