Assembly staff doesn’t let Nisar take oath
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May 25, 2021
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly secretariat did not allow former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to swear in as member of the Punjab Assembly on Monday, citing absence of the speaker and his deputy.
Talking to the media outside the assembly, Nisar announced moving the court against the authority concerned for not letting him take the oath. He said, “I had decided to stay away from politics and today, after three years, I am talking to the media.”
He said: “I won the Punjab Assembly seat with a lead of 34,000 votes, but lost the National Assembly seat. I took a stand and still I am sticking to it, but decided to take oath in the wake of a political development.”
LAHORE: Disgruntled PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan talking to reporters outside the Punjab Assembly on Monday. PPI
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)-led government seems to have prevented Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan from being sworn in as a member of the Punjab Assembly, citing possible contempt of court as certain petitions were filed in various courts over the issue of the disgruntled PML-N leader’s oath.
On Monday, assembly secretary Muhammad Khan Bhatti sought two days to check with the principal seat and Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) if any stay orders had been issued against Chaudhry Nisar’s oath-taking.