LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz Sharif was spotted leading Maghrib prayers during a session of the provincial assembly for election of the CM slot on Friday.
The video, which is making rounds on social media, shows the PML-N leader and some legislators were offering prayer inside the Punjab Assembly hall while other MPAs are present in their seats.
A day earlier, runoff election was held to pick new leader of the house with Hamza and PML-Q’s Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi vying for the position.
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In total, Hamza got 179 votes and Pervaiz 186 votes. However, Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari rejected 10 votes of PML-Q MPAs cast in favour of Elahi and retained PML-N’s Hamza Shahbaz as chief minister of Punjab.
Mazari said he rejected these votes in the light of a letter issued by PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain who said he had directed his party’s lawmakers to vote for Hamza Shahbaz.
