Governor summons Punjab Assembly session on Wednesday for no trust move,

Zardari Meets Salik Hussain to discuss Punjab’s political situation,

 

LAHORE  – In an extraordinary move, a delegation of PPP and PML-N lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Parvez Elahi, Speaker Sibtain Khan, and deputy speaker Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi in the Punjab Assembly.

Following their arrival at the Punjab Assembly Secretariat, opposition MPs such as PPP Parliamentary Leader Hassan Murtaza, PML-N’s Khawaja Imran Nazir, and PML-N Chief Whip Tahir Khalil Sindhu tabled no-confidence motion.

The PML-N and PPP members signed a motion of no confidence, which was accepted by Secretary Punjab Assembly Inayatullah.

The resolution stated, “Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi should seek another vote of confidence from the Punjab Assembly because he has lost the support of the House. Governor Balighur Rehman Chaudhary will ask Parvez Elahi to take a vote of confidence following the no-confidence motion”.

Soon after the opposition parties submitted a vote of no-confidence against Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi in the provincial assembly, Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman summoned a session of the provincial assembly for Wednesday, December 21, 2022, a notice read.

The session has been called two days before the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had announced to dissolve the provincial assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.In an accompanying order issued by Balighur Rehman, it noted that Elahi had in numerous public statements maintained that he does not wish to dissolve the provincial assemblies,Further, Rehman pointed to how Elahi was essentially disgruntled with coalition member Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) the most recent manifestation of which were cracks within the ruling alliance in the Punjab Assembly where cabinet member Sardar Hasnain Bahadar Dreshak had resigned after a bitter verbal spat between him and the chief minister during a cabinet meeting on December 16.

“Keeping in view the above facts manifesting serious cracks and evident faults within the ruling coalition in Punjab Assembly, which already carried only a very narrow numerical margin, I, Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman, Governor of the Punjab, am satisfied that Ch. Pervaiz Elahi, Chief Minister of the Punjab does not command confidence of the majority of the members of the Provincial Assembly,” the notice noted.

“In terms of Article 130(7) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, I summon a session of the Punjab Assembly to meet at 4pm hours on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 in the chamber and require the chief minister to obtain a vote of confidence on the aforesaid date and time,” the order read.

PML-N leader Atta Tarar confirmed the submission of no-confidence motion, saying that it had been assembled against the Chief Minister, Speaker, and Deputy Speaker after consulting with allies “The assemblies should serve out their full terms, according to our allies. Election preparation has also begun”, added Tarar.

Atta Tarar added that these difficulties had been going on for a few days and that since the no-confidence motion now submitted, the assemblies could not be dissolved since there was no faith in them [Punjab government]. Additionally, the Governor also issued an order in this regard.

Meanwhile,

Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PMLN-Q) federal minister Salik Hussain on Monday met Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Asif Ali Zardari to discuss the political situation in the country, as the dates for assembly dissolution is arriving.

Zardari and Salik Hussain’s meeting lasted for 45 minutes at Bilawal House in Lahore. On this occasion, PML-Q federal minister gave his father Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s message to the PPP leader.

As per sources, Asif Zardari praised Shujaat Hussain’s involvement, vision, and role in politics.