Omar Sarfraz Cheema appointed new Governor Punjab

ISLAMABAD: Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday announced that Omar Sarfraz Cheema has been appointed as new governor of the Punjab province, ARY NEWS reported.

The announcement came from the Twitter handle of the information minister.

عمر سرفراز چیمہ کو نیا گورنر پنجاب مقرر کر دیا گیا ہے

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 3, 2022

Congratulations to Omar Sarfaraz Cheema for getting appointed as Punjab governor. Best of luck! @OmarCheemaPTI is our old colleague and one of the ideological members of Imran Khan’s movement for justice party.

— Faisal Javed Khan (@FaisalJavedKhan) April 3, 2022

Earlier in the day, Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said federal government terminated Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar.

Making the announcement from his Twitter handle, the information minister said that Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has been terminated from his post and new governor Punjab will be announced later.

He said that as per the Constitution, deputy speaker will act as acting governor of the province.

وفاقی حکومت نے گورنر پنجاب چوہدری محمد سرور کو ان کے عہدے سے برطرف کر دیا ہے، نئے گورنر پنجاب کا اعلان بعد میں کیا جائیگا، آئین کے مطابق ڈپٹی اسپیکر قائم مقام گورنر ہوں گے

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 3, 2022

The development come ahead of the a no-trust move against Prime Minister Imran Khan at the National Assembly on Sunday.

The sources privy to the development shared that Sarwar was blamed for persuading Aleem Khan group to vote in favour of PML-N candidate Hamza Shahbaz. “The matter was raised by Pervaiz Elahi with PM Imran Khan which led to his ouster,” they said.