LAHORE – The Punjab Assembly will meet today (Saturday) to choose the province’s new chief minister.

According to Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar, the Punjab Assembly will assemble today at 11:00 a.m.

The session was summoned after Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar accepted Chief Minister Usman Buzdar’s resignation. The governor accepted Buzdar’s resignation after meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad.

On March 28, CM Usman Buzdar resigned and handed in his resignation letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan.