Governor rejects Usman Buzdar’s resignation

Omar Sarafraz Cheema, in his letter to Punjab Meeting Speaker Pervaiz Elahi, said that the March 28 resignation letter of Usman Buzdar was not in accordance with the foundations because it was addressed to the prime minister and to not the governor which was necessary as per sub-section 8 of Article 130 of the Structure.

“The resignation was not addressed to the governor which was unconstitutional and thus rejected,” Cheema said.

A day earlier, Lahore Excessive Court docket (LHC) ordered the Nationwide Meeting Speaker to take oath from the newly elected Punjab Chief Minster Hamza Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday.

The LHC choose Justice Jawad Hassan pronounced the reserved verdict Hamza Shahbaz’s plea as he moved the court docket for the third time on this regard.

It deserves point out that Hamza was elected as Punjab’s chief minister on April 16. Nevertheless, he hasn’t sworn in but as his oath-taking was deferred twice regardless of the LHC’s directives for not delaying the matter any additional.