Symbolic meeting: Opposition elects Hamza as Punjab CM with 199 votes

LAHORE:After the sealing the Punjab Assembly with barbed wire, the opposition held a meeting at a local hotel where it passed a resolution of electing Hamza Shahbaz as symbolic Punjab Chief Minister (CM) with 199 votes.

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz had announced to go to the Punjab Assembly to express solidarity with Hamza Shahbaz, after which she reached a local hotel. In the meeting, Hamza Shahbaz as the Chief Minister got 199 votes. The meeting was chaired by Shazia Abid, a member of the chairman panel. All the women members of PML-N also attended the meeting.