LAHORE: Punjab chief minister (CM) Hamza Shahbaz has barred Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPAs from leaving Lahore till further orders, ARY News reported, citing sources.
Punjab CM Hamza Shahbaz has summoned a Parliamentary Party meeting of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz tomorrow at the CM House. All the party MPAs have been directed to attend the meeting at 12pm.
Sources said PML-N will show its number strength in the Punjab Assembly.
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Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam Chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain rejected speculation about him backing Hamza Shehbaz as CM Punjab.
The PML-Q head Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said that their candidate for the Chief Ministership of Punjab is Chaudhry Pervaiz Illahi. All of the PML-Q members would vote for Pervaiz Illahi in case of CM elections, he added.
Shujaat added that PML-Q members have always followed the party line, and PML-N should refrain from spreading rumours and confusing our members. All of the PML-Q would vote for Pervaiz Illahi and make him the new CM of Punjab, he added.
