Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Sardar Saleem Haider Khan, will take oath as Punjab Governor on May 7.
The development was confirmed by the party’s Central Punjab General Secretary, Hassan Murtaza.
According to reports, the ceremony will be held at the Governor House on May 7 at 6pm.
Saleem Haider will replace the incumbent Governor of Punjab, Balighur Rehman, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader who took office in May 2023.
Earlier, President Asif Ali Zardari approved the appointments of Saleem Haider, Faisal Karim Kundi, and Jaffar Khan Mandokhail as governors of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and Balochistan, respectively.
Kundi has already taken oath as Governor of KP, while Jaffar Khan Mandokhail, as Governor of Balochistan, will take the oath on May 6.
Background of Sardar Saleem Haider:
In the 2008 general elections, Saleeem was elected to the National Assembly. He then joined former Prime Minister (PM) Yusuf Raza Gilani’s federal cabinet as Minister of State for Defence Production, a role he held until 2011. Subsequently, he served as Minister of State for Defence under former PM Raja Pervez Ashraf until 2013.
In the 2013 elections, Saleem again contested for the National Assembly as a PPP candidate but was unsuccessful.
During the previous government of PML-N, the PPP leader also served as a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis.
