Independent Urdu live updates on government formation and other political activities after general elections 2024 in Pakistan.
- Maryam Nawaz elected Chief Minister of Punjab
- In the Sindh Assembly, Syed Murad Ali Shah and MQM’s Ali Sohriya are candidates for the Chief Ministership
- Meetings of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan Assemblies have been called for February 28
February 27 at 12:45 PM
The meeting of the Parliamentary Party of the PML-N has been called on February 28
Pakistan Muslim League-N has called a parliamentary party meeting in the National Assembly on February 28.
Nawaz Sharif will chair the meeting to be held at Parliament House at 3 pm.
In the meeting, the decision to nominate Shahbaz Sharif as the Prime Minister will be confirmed.
A meeting of Muslim League-N and other allied parties will also be held on the same day.
February 26 at 4:45 p.m
Murad Ali Shah of Pakistan People’s Party was elected as the Chief Minister for the third time.
Murad Ali Shah won the support of 112 members in the Sindh Assembly voting on Monday.
According to correspondent Saleha Feroz Khan, Murad Ali Shah is the 25th Chief Minister of Sindh province.
In comparison to him, MQM’s Ali Sohariya got the support of 36 members, while nine independent candidates and one member of Jamaat-e-Islami did not participate in the voting.
Speaking in the House after being elected as the Chief Minister of Sindh for the third consecutive time, Murad Ali Shah said that ‘we will try not to make mistakes this time’.
Murad Ali Shah said, “We also have objections to the election results, but we will take legal action.”
He said that ‘the way the federal government dealt with the province should not have happened.’
Syed Murad Ali Shah belongs to a political family of Sindh. He also holds the distinction of having spent the longest tenure as Chief Minister of a province in Pakistan.
Apart from this, he has also served as the provincial finance minister during the tenure of former Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah.
Syed Murad Ali Shah is the son of former Sindh Chief Minister Syed Abdullah Ali Shah who himself was the Chief Minister of Sindh from 1993 to 1996. He was born in 1962 in Karachi.
February 26th at 4:05 PM
Maryam Nawaz has taken oath of office on Monday evening after being elected the first woman Chief Minister of Pakistan.
The swearing-in ceremony for the post of Punjab Chief Minister was held at the Governor House Punjab in which Maryam Nawaz’s father and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif were also present.
February 26 at 3:30 p.m
Sindh Assembly session begins
The session of Sindh Assembly has started under the chairmanship of Speaker Owais Qadir Shah. The latest situation of Sindh Assembly in the words of correspondent Saleha Khan.
February 26, 1:43 p.m
Maryam Nawaz elected Chief Minister of Punjab
Maryam Nawaz addressing the House on February 26, 2024 after being elected Chief Minister of Punjab (Independent Urdu / Fatima Ali)
Maryam Nawaz, the main leader of Muslim League-N, has been elected the first woman Chief Minister of the province by getting 220 votes in the Punjab Assembly.
Maryam Nawaz got 220 votes in the Punjab Assembly while her opponent Rana Aftab Ahmed Khan did not get any votes due to the boycott of the Sunni Unity Council.
Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz, speaking in the House, said that the meeting of the Provincial Assembly for the election of the Chief Minister of Punjab started with a delay of 30 minutes under the chairmanship of Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan.
The House of Punjab Assembly consists of 327 members. The Muslim League has 224 members and the Sunni Ittehad Council has 103 members.
Maryam Nawaz said in her address to the House after being elected the Chief Minister that ‘the doors of my heart and office are open to the opposition too.’
He said that ‘my message to the opposition is that the doors of my office, chamber and heart are open for the opposition as well as for the workers of my party.’
He said, ‘I have a huge responsibility on my shoulders. My competition is not with any opponent but with the performance of my seniors.
“I want to tell my allies and the opposition that the problems of all constituencies will be solved without discrimination.”
He said: ‘I know the expectations of the people and also feel their difficulties. That is why the implementation of the manifesto will start from today. My vision is to make Punjab a business hub. I think doing business is not the government’s job. The government’s job is to solve the problems of entrepreneurs.
He further said, ‘We have made a relief package called ‘Nighbaan’ in which the goods will reach people’s homes. It is our first responsibility to deliver the right of the people to their doorsteps. Cheap Ramadan markets will also be set up, price control committees will also be activated.
The elected Chief Minister of Punjab said, ‘We all have a duty to help those whose monthly income is less than 60 thousand, but due to the absence of data we are facing difficulties. Dependent on.’
Maryam Nawaz said, ‘All programs related to youth will be reactivated, I also have a dream that no child of Punjab should be out of school due to lack of resources. We will also recruit new teachers and train teachers.
We will try to work for the improvement of educational institutions under public-private partnership in Punjab and we will try to have a knowledge school in every district.
During the first 12 weeks of his government, he announced the operation of an air ambulance in Punjab and the reactivation of the health card introduced in 2015.
Maryam Nawaz said, ‘harassing a woman is my redline. I wish that women and minorities get a safe Punjab. My dream is that no minority in Punjab should spend the night in fear.’
He said that making the province digital and making government institutions paperless is also his vision. I will try to build at least five IT cities during my reign. My effort will be to digitize 43 basic services.’
February 26 at 12:00 p.m
The Punjab Assembly session continues, the election of the Chief Minister is expected soon
Live proceedings of the Punjab Assembly session. Sunni Unity Council (SIC) members walk out from the meeting.
The meeting of the Punjab Assembly for the election of the Chief Minister of Punjab has started.
The meeting of the Punjab Assembly for the election of the Chief Minister of Punjab continues under the chairmanship of the newly elected Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmed Khan.
After the session started on Monday, after some time the members of the Sunni Ittehad Council sought permission to speak to the Speaker.
The Speaker said that under the ‘rules’ no member can speak before the election and she cannot come on record.
On this, the newly elected members of the Sunni Ittehad Council raised slogans and walked out of the meeting.
Maryam Nawaz is the nominated candidate of PML-N for the Chief Minister of Punjab, while Rana Aftab has been nominated by the Sunni Union Council for the Chief Minister of Punjab.
Before coming to the Punjab Assembly, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz visited the graves of her grandfather, grandmother and mother in Jati Amra and then left for the assembly.
On the other hand, Rana Aftab, the leader of the Sunni Unity Council, says that the dictatorship is still continuing, the people have given a decision in our favor, the cycle of political revenge should end, if the House is not complete, how will the process continue.
Rana Aftab claimed that if the voting takes place, then I will become the Chief Minister, if there was a secret poll today, everything would have come before you.
February 26, 11:45 a.m
Latest situation of Punjab Assembly
February 26, 9:17 am
The Election Commission will meet today on the issue of specific seats
Officials posted on security outside the Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad on December 20, 2023 (Independent Urdu)
Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja will preside over an important meeting of the ECP today (Monday) in which a decision is expected to be taken on the quota of certain seats.
This matter has gained importance since the President of Pakistan Arif Alvi has delayed in convening the session of the National Assembly.
On the other hand, the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), which is supported by newly elected candidates supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), is hoping to get its quota of reserved seats in the National and Provincial Assemblies before the Election Commission. will be found as a precedent for the decision made.
If the Election Commission decides to give reserved seats to SIC after today’s meeting, the number of SIC members in the National Assembly will increase to 104 after getting 23 reserved seats for women and minorities.
If the decision is different, there is a possibility of SIC approaching the courts and in this case, when President Arif Alvi will call the National Assembly meeting is still unclear and no statement has come out from the Presidency in this regard.
The ECP has so far blocked the allotment of 78 of the total 226 reserved seats for women in the National and Provincial Assemblies. After the decision of ECP, these seats will go to SIC.
Past precedent
The Election Commission is bound to convene the meeting of the National Assembly within 21 days after the general elections.
Inaugural sessions of Sindh and Punjab Assemblies have been held, while sessions of Balochistan and KP Assemblies have been convened on February 28, 2024.
There is also an example of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) getting a reserved seat for women in the KP Assembly after the first post-merger elections in the erstwhile FATA.
The party did not contest elections in the province, but independent candidates joined it, giving BAP a reserved seat for women.
Out of the total 60 reserved seats for women in the National Assembly, the ECP has so far allocated 40 to different political parties.
These include 20 out of 32 in Punjab, two out of 10 in KP, all 14 in Sindh and four in Balochistan.
Seven out of 10 seats reserved for minorities have also been reserved.
In the Sindh Assembly, 27 out of 29 seats have been reserved for women and eight out of nine seats for minorities.
Five out of 26 reserved seats for women and one out of four seats for minorities have been reserved in the KP Assembly.
All 11 seats have been reserved for women and three reserved seats for minorities in the Balochistan Assembly.
February 26 at 8:10 am
Four-party alliance: The dharna in front of the DC office since 17 days has ended
In Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, the four-party alliance has ended the 17-day sit-in in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office Quetta against the alleged rigging and the alleged changes in the election results in the 2024 election, after which the flow of road traffic has been restored in front of the DC office. .
The sit-in of BNP, PK MAP, National Party and HDP was going on for 17 days.
According to the spokesman of the four-party alliance, no decision has been taken so far to hold a protest demonstration or sit-in in front of the provincial assembly on February 28.
According to the spokesman of the four-party alliance, after ending the protest sit-in in Quetta, a protest will be held in front of the Deputy Commissioner/DRO office one day a week, the protest will be expanded and protests will be held in front of the Deputy Commissioner offices of all the districts of the province. There will be demonstrations and rallies.
A meeting should be called soon to make this protest movement more organized and decide the future course of action.
February 26 at 7:10 AM
Chief Ministers will be elected in Punjab and Sindh today
After the general elections 2024 in Pakistan, the meetings of the two provincial assemblies are being held today to elect the chief ministers of Punjab province and Sindh province.
Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the candidate of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz for the post of Chief Minister in Punjab province, will face the candidate of Sunni Ittehad Council, Rana Aftab Ahmed Khan.
Pakistan People’s Party candidate and two-time former chief minister Syed Murad Ali Shah will face MQM Pakistan’s Ali Sohar for the post of chief minister in Sindh province.
Syed Owais Shah belonging to Pakistan People’s Party was elected Speaker and Anthony Naveed Deputy Speaker in Sindh Assembly session yesterday.
Both the candidates got 111, 111 votes. In comparison to them, Sofia Shah and Rashid Khan of MQM Pakistan got 36 and 36 votes respectively.
On the other hand, Maryam Nawaz and Rana Aftab had submitted their nomination papers for the Chief Ministership of Punjab yesterday.
The nomination papers of Maryam Nawaz were submitted by proposer Zeeshan Rafique, endorser Salman Rafique, proposer Mian Mujtaba Shujaur Rahman, endorser Khawaja Imran Nazir.
Rana Aftab confirmed the submission of nomination papers and said that he does not want to leave the field.
He said that our reserved seats are not being given and the house is incomplete. He had claimed that he had good numbers and would give a surprise.
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2024-06-18 20:28:17