Governor asks CM Punjab Parvez Elahi to take vote of trust tomorrow
The Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman has asked the chief minister Parvez Elahi to take a vote of confidence from the House tomorrow while PML-N and PPP has submitted a no-confidence motion against Parvez Elahi on Monday night.
The development comes just days after Imran Khan announced to dissolve the provincial assembly on December 23 (Friday).
The no-confidence motion was submitted by PML-N’s lawmakers Mian Marghoob Ahmad, Khalil Tahir Sandhu and Khawaja Imran Nazeer. PPP’s parliamentary leader Hassan Murtaza accompanied the delegation. Secretary Punjab Assembly Secretary Inayat Hussain received the document.
The motion stated tha Punjab CM has lost the confidence of the House as he killed the democratic traditions and most of the parliamentarians have no longer trust on him.
Opposition members also submitted a separate no-confidence motion against Speaker Punjab Assembly Muhammad Sibatin Khan.
On the other hand, Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman will convene the crucial meeting of the provincial assembly on December 21 (Wednesday).
According to a notification issued by the Punjab Governor’s Secretariat, “The governor Punjab is pleased to sign order summoning the provincial assembly of Punjab at 1600 hours (4pm) on Wednesday and requiring the chief minister of Punjab to obtain a vote of confidence in terms of Article 130(7) of the Constitution.”
According to an order, shared by the PML-N on its official Twitter handle, the governor said that the chief minister has “lost the confidence of his party President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and members of his own party belonging to the 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 stated.
Earlier on December 17, PTI chairman Imran Khan announced to dissolve the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assemblies on next Friday (December 23).
