LAHORE: Soon after the no-confidence movement was submitted, Governor Punjab Baligh ur Rehman directed Chief Minister (CM) Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi to hunt a vote of confidence from Punjab Assembly on December 21, ARY News reported on Monday.
According to particulars, the Governor Punjab has forwarded a letter to Chief Minister’s Secretariat, directing CM Pervaiz Elahi to hunt a vote of confidence from Punjab Assembly on December 21.
In this regard, Governor Baligh ur Rehman has summoned a session of the provincial meeting for Wednesday, December 21, 2022, acknowledged the order – shared on Twitter.
Governor Punjab summons session of Punjab Assembly for the Chief Minister Punjab to hunt vote of confidence from Assembly on 21st December. pic.twitter.com/YpkR1NyMm6
— M Baligh Ur Rehman (@MBalighurRehman) December 19, 2022
Governor Punjab, in its order, mentioned that the chief minister has “lost the confidence of his party president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and members of his own party belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q)”.
“It is widely known that over the last few weeks serious differences of opinion erupted between two coalition parties of the ruling alliance in the Punjab Assembly i.e. PTI and PML-Q regarding political strategies, dissolution of the assembly, development schemes, and transfers of public officials,” it acknowledged.
The order highlighted that the variations grew to become evident after the appointment of a PTI member — particularly Khayal Ahmed — to the provincial meeting with out the information of PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
“The chief minister has stated in a TV programme on Dec 4 that he is not going to dissolve the provincial assembly until March 2023, a position which is completely at odds with the PTI’s public opinion on the issue,” the order acknowledged.
The order additionally referred to CM Pervaiz Elahi’s criticism of Imran throughout an interview yesterday for the latter’s feedback on former military chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa.
In this regard, Governor Punjab directed Elahi to hunt vote of confidence and subsequently summoned a session on December 21 at 4pm underneath Section 130(7) of the Constitution.
Earlier within the day, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) submitted no-trust movement in opposition to Punjab chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker to the provincial meeting’s secretariat.
While speaking to ARY News, PML-N chief Khawaja Imran Nazir confirmed the event. He claimed that the opposition events will give shock to the individuals of Punjab.
He confirmed that the particulars associated to the no-trust movement had been obtained by the PA secretary. Nazir mentioned that the no-confidence movement was submitted in accordance with the legislation after finishing the required numbers.
Imran Khan to dissolve assemblies
The improvement got here after Imran Khan introduced to dissolve Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assemblies on December 23.
The former premier introduced the choice whereas addressing the nation alongside the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief ministers (CM), Pervaiz Elahi and Mahmood Khan, respectively.
Imran Khan thanked the 2 provincial chiefs for his or her cooperation together with his occasion, and mentioned he had consulted PTI’s legal professionals in regards to the move, including that the Constitution didn’t enable elections to be delayed past 90 days of an meeting’s dissolution.
Giving particulars of PTI’s plan of motion, the PTI chief mentioned that after dissolving the assemblies, the occasion would put together for elections. “We will go to National Assembly and demand with NA speaker to accept our resignations instead of picking a few,” he added.
The former prime minister mentioned {that a} “lesson should be taught through elections” to the federal government and deal it “such a defeat that the names of these thieves are wiped out forever”.
