Opposition to Pervez Elahi … Chaudhry Sarwar fired … Omar Sarfraz Cheema appointed new governor of Punjab……(Report: Asghar Ali Mubarak)…….

Opposition to Pervez Elahi … Chaudhry Sarwar fired … Omar Sarfraz Cheema appointed new governor of Punjab.Islamabad (Report: Asghar Ali Mubarak) Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday morning announced that Omar Sarfraz Cheema has been appointed as new governor of the Punjab province, Earlier in the day, Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said federal government terminated Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar.

Making the announcement from his Twitter handle, the information minister said that Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has been terminated from his post and new governor Punjab will be Omar Sarfraz Cheema. Omar Sarfraz Cheema is one of the founding members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He joined PTI in 1996, contested 1997,2002 & 2004 elections as PTI candidate, worked in party organization at tehsil, district, province and central level, member CEC since 1997.He’s currently serving as the vice president of PTI. More over Chief Justice Lahore Court will take oath of office from Omar Sarfraz Cheema.The sources privy to the development shared that Sarwar was blamed for persuading Aleem Khan group to vote in favour of PML-N candidate Hamza Shahbaz. “The matter was raised by Pervaiz Elahi with PM Imran Khan which led to his ouster,” they said.