- Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi took oath as Caretaker CM Punjab
- Punjab Governor Baligh-ur-Rehman administered oath
- ECP appointed Mohsin Raza Naqvi to the post
LAHORE: Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi was sworn in as Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab late Sunday evening, BOL News reported.
Punjab Governor Baligh-ur-Rehman administered oath to the interim chief minister at the Governor House in Lahore.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) appointed Mohsin Raza Naqvi as Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab.
A meeting of the ECP presided over by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja picked Naqvi from among four nominees – two from the government and two from the opposition – already received by the ECP.
Two candidates were nominated by the PML-N and allies and by the coalition government of PTI and PML-Q led by former chief minister Chaudhary Pervez Elahi.
The ECP finalized the name after keenly observing and discussing the profiles, performances, and other details of the four nominees – Mohsin Naqvi, Ahad Cheema, Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera and Naveed Akram Cheema.
The meeting was summoned on Sunday to deliberate over the proposed names of Punjab’s interim chief minister to fill the highest post of the province.
The issue was referred to the ECP after a six-member bi-partisan parliamentary committee, formed by the Speaker Punjab Assembly Sibtain Khan, failed to reach a consensus over the names for the interim CM.
The parliamentary committee of the government and opposition members met last Friday; however, they failed to reach a consensus on a single name.
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