While the government and the opposition in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are mulling over strategies for victory amid the ongoing political crisis, PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said on Monday that the party leadership has dissolved the assemblies in the two provinces. It has been approved.
“As you all know, we are dissolving the assemblies. So, [the party’s senior leadership] has approved the decision to dissolve the assemblies,” Chaudhry told reporters in Lahore. told.
As he announced a long march to Islamabad last week, PTI Chairman Imran Khan announced that his party and allies would quit the assemblies as they wanted out of the “corrupt system”.
Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Elahi – a staunch ally of the PTI – also supported the decision and said he would not wait a minute to dissolve the assembly if Khan ordered him to – so that the Center could More pressure should be put on the coalition government. Early general elections
While the ruling coalition has ruled out holding general elections in the country before August, the PTI insists that the ongoing political crisis can only be resolved through snap elections.
In a press conference today, Chaudhry said that Khan has spoken to Chief Minister KP Mehmood Khan and the PTI chief will meet Chief Minister Elahi later this week.
He said that the meetings of the parliamentary parties of both the assemblies have been called this weekend after which the assemblies will be dissolved.
Chaudhry said that the PTI has started the process of allotment of tickets to politicians, and after party legislators resign from their respective assemblies, 563 seats across the country will fall vacant and elections will be held. will
He said that the opposition will also be invited to consult with the government on the formation of the interim government in the two provinces.
Chaudhry said that even if the elections are held after seven to eight months, there will be no impact on the PTI because of its popularity, but the party wants political stability which can be achieved by early elections.
“Therefore, [Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif] should announce the date of general elections and dissolve the National Assembly, but if you don’t, PTI will dissolve the assemblies wherever it rules. “
Chaudhry further said that PTI will announce the date of dissolution of Punjab and KP Assemblies in next two to three days.
CM Elahi’s Challenge; Opposition strategy
Before Chaudhry’s announcement, Chief Minister Punjab Elahi challenged the opposition to move a no-confidence motion against him as Chaudhry later began discussing his strategy to send the provincial government packing.
In a statement, the Chief Minister said that the combined 191 MLAs of Muslim League (Q) and PTI in the Punjab Assembly are enough to defeat the moves of the opposition.
He said that no-confidence motion cannot be voted on when the assembly is in session.
چیئرمین پاکستان تحریک انصاف عمران خان کے ساتھ کھڑے ہیں۔عمران خان جب کہیں گے پنجاب اسمبلی تحلیل کردیں گے۔ہم عمران خان کی ہدایت پر اسمبلی توڑنے کیلئے ہر وقت تیار ہیں۔پنجاب اسمبلی میں ہمیں اکثریت حاصل ہے۔ پنجاب اسمبلی میں پاکستان تحریک انصاف اورمسلم لیگ ق کے اراکین کی تعداد191ہے۔
— Ch Parvez Elahi (@ChParvezElahi) November 28, 2022
Chief Minister Elahi further said that Governor’s rule cannot be imposed when the assembly session is in progress.
I will dissolve the Assembly whenever Imran Khan asks me, I stand with PTI Chairman Imran Khan and am ready to dissolve the Assembly on his order.
He further said that the opposition is and will remain in the minority. “They don’t have the guts to move a no-confidence motion. But if they still want to, they can go ahead and move it.”
پنجاب اسمبلی میں اپوزیشن اقلیت میں ہے اوراقلیت میں ہی رہے گی۔ اپوزیشن والے صرف نعرے لگا سکتے ہیں،عدم اعتماد لانا ان کے بس کی بات نہیں۔تحریک عدم ا عتماد کا جسے شوق ہے وہ لے آئے۔اسمبلی ان سیشن ہو تو تحریک عدم اعتماد پر ووٹنگ نہیں ہوسکتی اورنہ ہی اعتماد کا ووٹ لینے کا کہا جاسکتا ہے۔
— Ch Parvez Elahi (@ChParvezElahi) November 28, 2022
While holding a press conference today, PML-N leader Atta Tarar said that the coalition parties will adopt all political and legal options to prevent the dissolution of the assemblies.
He expressed these views after the meeting of the Parliamentary Advisory Committee of Muslim League-N under the chairmanship of Hamza Shahbaz.
Referring to the petition filed by Hamza Shehbaz in the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the election of PTI’s Sabtain Khan as Speaker of the Punjab Assembly, he requested the court to hear his case.
Tarar said the PML-N would go “to its last extent” to save the Punjab Assembly from being dissolved, no matter what measures it had to resort to.
“The options of no-confidence motion and asking the governor to take a vote of confidence have been considered,” he said, adding that the PML-N would also consult its allies.
