Centre removes Punjab Governor Muhammad Sarwar from his post: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday said the federal government had removed Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar from his post.

“The new governor of Punjab will be announced later. According to the constitution, the deputy speaker will be the acting governor (till then),” Fawad Chaudhry wrote in a tweet.

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

Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf Senator Chairman Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Faisal Javed Khan asked the nation to take heart. “You are dearest to Imran Khan. This country will never be handed over to corrupt people. The Kaptaan will do something with the help of Allah Almighty that the hope of this nation will never be broken – Insha’ Allah,” he tweeted.

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قوم اطمینان رکھے – آپ عمران خان کو سب سے زیادہ عزیز ہیں – دو نمبر لوگوں کے حوالے یہ ملک کبھی نہیں کیا جائے گا – کپتان اللہ تعالی کی مدد سے کچھ ایسا کریں گے کہ اس قوم کی امید کبھی نہیں ٹوٹے گی – انشاء اللہ pic.twitter.com/frHPGNONeH

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

Talking to media at the Parliament Lodges, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took a dig at PM Imran Khan by saying the prime minister removed his government before his ouster. Referring to Imran Khan’s claim that he would surprise the opposition, he said the people had been waiting for the surprise for three and a half years and now they were only waiting for his ouster. No new surprise would come, he added.

On April 1, Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar had accepted the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar.

Punjab Governor Sarwar had summoned the Punjab Assembly session in Lahore on April 2 at 1100 in the morning to elect a new chief minister, however the session was later postponed.