President Alvi administers oath to Elahi as CM Punjab

ISLAMABAD, July 27 (SABAH): President Dr Arif Alvi administered oath to Pervaiz Elahi as chief minister Punjab at the President House in wee hours of Wednesday.

Earlier, it was decided to host the swearing-in ceremony at the Governor House but following his refusal to administer the oath, the ceremony was shifted to President House, Islamabad.

Oath taking ceremony was held in pursuance of the Supreme Court’s direction contained in the judgment on CP No. 22 against the ruling of Deputy Speaker, Punjab Assembly on 22.07.2022 wherein Supreme Court directed the governor Punjab to arrange and administer oath of office to the petitioner as the duly elected chief minister, Punjab in accordance with law and the Constitution not later than 11:30 pm tonight i.e. 26.07.2022.

In case, the governor Punjab is unable or unwilling to administer such oath, the President of Pakistan may forthwith administer oath of office to the petitioner as chief minister Punjab.

The ceremony was attended by the senior leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf (PTI), office-bearers and members of the civil society in large number.

Chaudhary Moonis Elahi, Chaudhary Wajahat Hussain, Hussain Elahi, Sheikh Rashid, Fawad Chaudhary, Pervaiz Khattak, Babar Awn, Senator Shibli Faraz, Farrukh Habib, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, Ali Zaidi, Senator Azam Swati, Senator Faisal Javed, Shehryar Afridi, Shehbaz Gill and Amir Mehmood Kiani also witnessed the ceremony.