Punjab Governor likely to meet President & Army Chief

LAHORE, May 5:  Punjab Governor Omar Sarfaraz Cheema isexpected to meet President Arif Alvi and COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa afterEidul Fitr holidays over the current constitutional crisis, sources reported onThursday.Sources privy to the development said that theagenda for the meeting with the COAS and the president has been finalised.During the important meeting, Punjab Governor Omar Sarfaraz Cheema will discussthe province’s constitutional crisis which has emerged after the oath of HamzaShahbaz as Punjab CM.It may be noted that Punjab Governor Cheema haswritten a letter to the army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa over the currentconstitutional crisis.In a letter to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa, the Punjab governor has requested him to play role inresolving the province’s constitutional crisis.He stated in his letter that the election ofHamza Shahbaz as the chief minister was an unconstitutional move. He wrote that Hamza Shahbaz has been unconstitutionally im-posed on the province for being theson of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. He sought the army chief to play his role inrestoring the public confidence in the national and provincial governments. Thegovernor also sent copies of his letter to the president and prime minister tothe army chief.Earlier, Governor Cheema declared Punjab as theprovince held hostage by the illegal and fraud chief minister. The governorsaid that he has apprised the prime minister and the heads of otherinstitutions regarding the situation of the province.-TLTP