It took PTI and its major ally PML-Q around four months to grab power back from the jaws of the 11-party alliance of PDM. Hamza Shahbaz strove to clinch the slot of chief minister after the former Chief Minister Usman Buzdar was asked by the party chief to resign. It paved way for the election of a new chief executive of the largest province of Pakistan. After winning 15 out of 20 seats in the bye-election in Punjab, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was jubilant that he was going to be the chief minister of Punjab once again. However, infighting broke within the party and the family, diminishing his prospect
Finally, after a long judicial battle, Chaudhry Pervaiz managed to become the chief minister after the Supreme Court declared him ‘the duly elected chief minister, Punjab’. It has been a bone-chilling political drama that had gripped the entire country for four months.
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