From Abid Usman
LAHORE: Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar on Wednesday took oath as the member of Punjab Assembly after a delay of two years and ten months.
The lawmaker was unable to take an oath as a member of the assembly on Monday due to the “absence of the speaker and deputy speaker.” The former interior minister left the assembly soon after acting speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari administered him the oath and then had a casual conversation with journalists.
“I will visit Lahore soon where I will speak to the journalists in detail,” Nisar said, adding that he was not going to join any political party.
Nisar had been elected from Punjab Assembly’s constituency PP-10 in the 2018 general elections as an independent candidate.
However, the former interior minister refrained from taking oath then, as he alleged that rigging cost him the National Assembly’s NA-59 seat.
