LAHORE: Hamza Shehbaz on Saturday Elected the new Chief Minister of Punjab. He got 197 votes, while his rival Pervaiz Elahi received no vote as his party and PTI had boycotted the polls.
Hamza is the 21st Chief Minister of the province.
After much wait and delay due to a ruckus, the session finally started, with Deputy Speaker Mazari in the chair. When the Deputy Speaker started the voting process PTI and PML-Q lawmakers boycotted it and went out of the house.
The session was scheduled to start at 11:30 am. However, it was delayed as government lawmakers — PTI and PML-Q — resorted to violence.
The lawmakers of the ruling party had thrown “lotas” at Mazari first, attacked him, and pulled his hair despite the presence of security guards. The deputy speaker left the hall after this.
Before assaulting Mazari, the PTI lawmakers caused a ruckus when they brought “lotas” to the house and started chanting “lota, lota” (turncoats) as they lashed out at dissident PTI MPAs who parted ways with the party and decided to support the Opposition.
As the situation got intense and requests were made for the police to control the situation, the anti-riot force personnel entered the assembly wearing bulletproof jackets and made the arrests of the PTI MPAs.
The police entered the premises of the Punjab Assembly through the old building. A large number of the female police force are also present inside the assembly.
With all that was going on, Elahi was not spared as well and became a target of the violence in the assembly that left him injured.
