Punjab Assembly session to resume today amid political impasse
Pakistan
Punjab Assembly session to resume today amid political impasse
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The Punjab Assembly will meet under the chair of Speaker Sibtain Khan today to discuss ongoing political crisis over the non-confidence motion against Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi.
The session will be conducted as private day member because of absence of the provincial government.
It is expected that a resolution jointly framed by the PTI and the PML-Q against the order issued by the Punjab governor would be presented before the house.
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, who was de-notfied as Punjab chief minister by the Punjab governor, reached the Punjab Assembly. He will attend the PA session and meet with the MPAs in his chamber.
A day earlier, Governor Rehman de-notified Chief Minister Parvez Elahi, stating that it was believed the CM did not have the confidence of the majority of the members of the assembly.
The notification further stated that the Punjab cabinet has been dissolved. Parvez Elahi will continue to hold office until the election of the new leader of the House, it said
“Consequent to the facts that Ch. Pervaiz Elahi, Chief Minister Punjab refrained from obtaining vote of confidence at 1600 hrs yesterday, in line with an Order under Article 130(7) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan issued under my hand on 19t December 2022, in line with Rule 22(7) of the Rules of Procedure of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, 1997, and that he still has not done so even after the lapse of another twenty four hours, I am satisfied that he does not command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Punjab Assembly, and therefore ceases to hold his office with immediate effect,” reads the notification.
Reacting to the Baligh-ur-Rehman’s tweet, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the Punjab Governor s notification of de-notification to the Chief Minister has no legal status.
He said that Parvez Elahi and the provincial cabinet will continue to perform their duties. The PTI leader went on to say that a reference will be sent to the president against the Governor and the action to remove him from office has been initiated.
