Pakistan's Punjab province Governor Malik Rafique Rajwana resigned today soon after the 354 newly-elected provincial assembly members took the oath during the maiden session of the House.
Prominent among those took oath include are former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, former deputy prime minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, former railways minister Khwaja Saad Rafique and Jugnu Mohsin, the wife of the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Najam Sethi.
Election to the post of Speaker and deputy Speaker will be held tomorrow while the chief minister will be elected later this week.
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