Maryam Nawaz becomes first woman CM of Pakistan’s Punjab province
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Lahore: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz on Monday became the first woman chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province.
The 50-year-old senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party won the chief ministerial elections amidst a walkout by lawmakers of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
The PML-N leader defeated Rana Aftab of the PTI-backed SIC to win the chief ministerial elections for the politically crucial Punjab province, home to 120 million people.
Maryam paid a visit to her mother’s grave at Jati Umra before going to the Punjab Assembly, where the election for the post of chief minister took place.
In a post on X, the PML-N said Maryam also visited the graves of her paternal grandparents.
“For the first time in the history of our nation, a woman will become the CM Punjab. Maryam Nawaz Sharif will be the first woman to take the oath as CM Punjab!” the PML-N had said in a post on X before the election.
PTI with edits