Imran Khan nominated Usman Buzdar as Punjab chief minister

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan nominated Sardar Usman Buzdar as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate for the Punjab chief minister. Buzdar held a significant meeting with PTI chief Imran Khan and Jahangir Tareen in Bani Gala. He garnered 26,897 votes from PP-286 Taunsa Sharif and defeated independent candidate Khawaja Muhammad Nizamul Mehmood. Buzdar remained a member of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) from 2002-2008 and later switched to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). In 2013, he contested the election from PML-N ticket but lost to Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) candidate. In Musharraf era, he remained district Nazim of Taunsa. His father Fatah Muhamnmad Buzdar is a chief of Buzdar tribe and was elected thrice as Member of National Assembly (MNA).