Lahore: Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party candidate Usman Buzdar was elected as chief minister of Pakistan's most populous Punjab province on Sunday.
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".
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - PTI)
