Chaudhry Sarwar appointed as Governor of Punjab

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari appointed Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar as the new Governor of Punjab.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday had sent a summary to the President recommending Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar for the post.

Mohammed Sarwar, a former member of Britain’s parliament representing the opposition Labour party, had to renounce his British citizenship to take on the largely ceremonial post in Punjab. He was officially appointed on Wednesday.

Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar is a British citizen who reportedly arrived from the United Kingdom and met Nawaz Sharif on the offers of two alternative posts, High Commissioner to UK or Governor of Punjab.

“Everything that I have learnt in my time in Britain – the knowledge and how to run institutions – I can use it for the benefit of Pakistanis,” said Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, 60, who was born in Punjab.

“I can be a bridge between overseas Pakistanis and Pakistanis here and work for the betterment of both.”