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Caretaker Cabinet of Punjab Sworn In

Lahore (June 11, 2018): Six Member Caretaker Cabinet of Punjab on Monday has taken oath in Governor House.

Governor Punjab Rafiq Rajwana administered the oath the new caretaker cabinet of Punjab. Caretaker CM Punjab, Hasan Askari and others attended the ceremony.Waqas Riaz, Z.M Rizvi, Anjum Nisar, Jawad Sajjid, former IG Shokat Javed and Former Chairman Wapda Zafar Mehmood have taken oath of their as caretaker provincial ministers of Punjab.

On June 07, Nominated Chief Minister for Punjab Hassan Askari Rizvi has taken oath as Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab in a ceremony held in Governor House.

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Earlier, PML-N rejected selection of Prof. Hasan Askari as caretaker Chief Minister Punjab by Election Commission of Pakistan, saying he is not a neutral person, however Election Commission of Pakistan rejected Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s reservations regarding pre poll rigging and said that the decision to name Dr Hasan Askari was unanimous.ECP also rejected PML-N’s demand to review the appointment of Hassan Askari.

Inside-aware further revealed that ECP makes a decision purely on merit and does not take dictation from anyone. While expressing exasperation over PML-N’s objections, officials of elections watchdog urged politicians not to lambaste department unnecessarily.The officials went on to say that ECP had made decision after political outfits failed to reach on consensus pertaining to appointments of caretaker chief ministers.

Last week, talking to media in Lahore, PML-N Leaders including Former PM, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ahsan Iqbal, Khawaja Saad Rafiq and others said that ECP selected Interm CM Hasan Askari is PTI supporter.

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Leaders of PML-N appealed to ECP to reconsider its decision of nominating Hasan Askari as caretaker CM Punjab.

Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said Askari was an ardent critic of the PML-N. He said Askari’s partiality was evident in the views he expressed in his articles and news programmes.

He said appointment of Hasan Askari as caretaker Chief Minister Punjab will make the electoral process doubtful.“ECP’s decision has cast doubt over transparency in the upcoming general polls in Punjab. The PML-N will reject the election results if he is made caretaker chief executive of the province.”

Flanked by Saad Rafique, Ahsan Iqbal, Khurram Dastgir, Rana Sanaullah among others, Abbasi presented an article titled “Election challenges and disputes in democracy” written by Askari in January 2013. “He has justified 90-day martial law in his paper,” said the former premier.

Speaking on the occasion, PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal said if elections become controversial, a crisis will emerge in the country.He said PML-N will not let anyone hijack its mandate.

Khawaja Saad Rafique said Prof. Hasan Askari himself should withdraw from the responsibility because he is a controversial person.

Earlier, Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday named Dr  Hasan Askari Caretaker CM Punjab.

The appointment to the caretaker Chief Minister was made in accordance with article 224 of the constitution.

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The meeting was chaired by Chief Election Commissioner, Justice Retired Sardar Raza Khan.

It may be recalled that PTI had proposed the names of columnist Ayaz Amir and analyst Dr Hassan Askari for the office of caretaker chief minister, while PML-N nominated Pakistan Navy’s former chief Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah and Justice (retd) Sair Ali.

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