LAHORE, June 1: Three hundred and forty-one newly elected members of the Punjab Assembly were administered oath by outgoing Speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal on Saturday.

The total strength of the house is 371, but notifications of election to seven seats reserved for women and five other seats have been withheld by the Election Commission for various reasons. The remaining seats fell vacant after those candidates who had won from more than one constituency kept one seat and resigned other(s).

Talking to reporters outside the assembly, Chief Minister-designate Shahbaz Sharif said the PML-N would work hard to come up to people’s expectations. “They have given us the mandate and we will not disappoint them,” he said.

Mr Sharif said under the oath they took they were bound to serve people selflessly.