Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz has been reelected as the chief minister (CM) of Punjab after votes of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) were rejected by the Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker.According to details,Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammad Mazari -who chaired the session - ruled that the votes of PML-Q lawmakers will not be counted in the election of Punjab chief minister in the light of party head Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain's letter.Pervaiz Elahi - joint candidate of PTI and PML-Q - received 186 votes,while Hamza Shehbaz got 179 votes.However. 10 votes of PML-Q were cancelled by Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari,hence taking the figure to 176.

Meanwhile,PTI Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Raja Basharat has countered the ruling of PA Deputy Speaker Dost Mazari, saying that the law states that the parliamentary party could issue instructions to party members.He pointed out that the party chief was not authorized to give such instructions if the parliamentary party had decided to vote a certain candidate.He also read the order of the Supreme Court. "The head of the parliamentary party is Parvez Elahi," he contended.However,Mazari said that the matter had been clarified by the Supreme Court,subsequently proroguing the session.

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