LAHORE - Transition to democracy in Pakistan will be completed today when more than 350 newly-elected members of the Punjab Assembly would take oath of office at a ceremony to be held at the Punjab Assembly Secretariat under stringent security.
With the completion of the ritual, stage will be set for the PML-N-led coalition to take over the government of which the PPP will be another partner. Speaker of the previous assembly Chaudhry Mohammed Afzal Sahi would administer oath to the new members. After the oath, the candidates would file nomination papers for the positions of PA Speaker and Deputy Speaker and the election would be held on April 11.
Rana Mohammed Iqbal Khan and Sardar Shaukat Hussain Mazari are candidates for PA Speakers and Deputy Speaker posts respectively. The PML-Q has nominated Mohsin Leghari as its candidate for speaker, however, the name for deputy speaker is yet to be made public.
The PML-Q knows that its candidate stands no chance but it doesn’t want the post go uncontested. Former governor Zulfiqar Khosa’s son - Dost Mohammed - is the PML-N candidate for chief minister.
He will hold the position till Shahbaz Sharif gets himself elected in a by-election to be held in May. Once the PML-N president makes it to the Punjab Assembly, he will take over as the provincial chief executive.
The PML-N and the PPP are holding their parliamentary parties' meetings to decide ministers for the new cabinet. It has already been decided that the number of ministries would not be more than 35.Twenty-two ministers would come from the PML-N while the remaining 13 would be contributed by the PPP. Raja Riaz of Faisalabad will be the senior minister.
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