{"id":38904,"date":"2022-07-27T06:20:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T06:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=38904"},"modified":"2022-07-27T06:20:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T06:20:13","slug":"pervaiz-elahi-takes-oath-as-punjab-chief-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2022\/38904\/","title":{"rendered":"Pervaiz Elahi takes oath as Punjab Chief Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD (National Times) &#8211; Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi took oath as the new Punjab Chief Minister in the wee hours of Wednesday, Dunya News reported.<\/p>\n<p>President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath of office to Pervaiz Elahi during a ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Wednesday after Punjab governor refused to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan declared Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Dost Muhammad Mazari\u2019s ruling in the Punjab Chief Minister election &#8220;illegal&#8221; and ruled that Pervaiz Elahi will be the new Punjab Chief Minister.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Deputy Speaker\u2019s ruling is illegal. There is no legal justification for the Deputy Speaker\u2019s ruling,&#8221; said the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The court ordered the Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman to administer the oath to Pervaiz Elahi at 11:30pm. In case the Punjab governor does not administer the oath to Elahi, President Dr Arif Alvi can do so instead, the court ruled. The SC also nullified all appointments made by \u2018trustee CM\u2019 Hamza Shahbaz.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court also directed the Punjab chief secretary to issue Elahi\u2019s CM notification and ordered Hamza Shehbaz to vacate the Chief Minister\u2019s Office immediately.<\/p>\n<p>A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and Justices Ijazul Ahsan and Munib Akhtar announced the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The top court, in its short order, also declared all the appointments made by Hamza \u201cillegal\u201d and told the members of his cabinet to vacate their offices.<\/p>\n<p>All of the advisers and assistants appointed by Hamza were also ordered to be relieved of their duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD (National Times) &#8211; Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi took oath as the new Punjab Chief Minister in the wee hours of Wednesday, Dunya News reported. 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