LAHORE: Punjab Assembly’s session to elect new Leader of the House will be held at Assembly Chambers in Lahore at 4:00 pm on Friday (today).
Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari will chair the session.
During the session, a runoff election will be held for the slot of Punjab Chief Minister between Hamza Shahbaz Sharif and Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi.
The law enforcement agencies have made fool proof arrangements in and outside the Punjab Assembly for the smooth holding of runoff election.
Read more: LHC asks IGP, CS to help MPAs safely cast votes in CM election
On July 21, the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the Punjab chief secretary and the inspector general of police to ensure that all the members of the provincial assembly could cast their votes safely and freely in the election of the chief minister on July 22 (today).
Justice Aalia Neelum passed this order disposing of petitions of two MPAs of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) – Zainab Umair and Sibtain Khan.
Advocate Azhar Siddique, on behalf of the petitioners, said the only prayer of the petitioners was to the extent of directions to the police and the administration to facilitate the members of the assembly to safely cast their votes without any harassment.
He said the court in its April 15 order on a petition “Pakistan Muslim League verses Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari” had already issued similar directions.
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The counsel alleged that the MPAs of the PTI faced harassment at the hands of Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan and other state functionaries.
However, Additional Advocate General Nasir Chohan submitted a reply on behalf of the IGP saying neither any harassment had been caused to the petitioners or any other member of the assembly. The reply further said that no threat had been extended to the petitioners or any other MPA.
