The PTI has criticised the election of Maryam Nawaz as the chief minister of Punjab and said all democratic and constitutional norms were trampled to elect her.
In a statement, the party’s spokesperson claimed that police “imposed a curfew” outside the assembly to prevent PTI’s members and the nominee for chief minister from entering the assembly.
“The family, which has been looting the country and the nation ruthlessly for years and made properties abroad, has been given the reins in Punjab to once again start the spree of loot and plunder of national resources,” the spokesperson alleged.
The statement claimed that after “stealing the public mandate”, the sanctity of the Punjab Assembly was violated to bring a “defeated woman” to power.
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