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PTI's Usman Buzdar elected Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province
Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party candidate Usman Buzdar was today elected as chief minister of Pakistan's most populous Punjab province.
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Buzdar received 186 votes while his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz rival Hamza Shehbaz got 159 votes in the election for the chief minister's post.
PTI dominates Punjab Assembly with 179 seats, whereas PML-N has 164 seats in the house.
A support of 186 members, in the 371-members House, is needed for a party to form a new government in the province.
Hamza Shahbaz, the son of PML-N chief and former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif, slammed PTI for coming to power through unfair means, calling it an "unfair match". Â
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