Punjab Assembly to be dissolved tomorrow, says Fawad

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 12 Jan 2023

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that the dissolution of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies is expected to take place tomorrow barring any legal obstacles.

Addressing media in Lahore, following the successful vote of confidence by CM Pervaiz Elahi, he said Punjab CM got the required 186 votes.

Criticizing PML-N leaders for boycotting assembly proceedings he said that they should have participated in the vote of confidence proceedings but they chose to flee.

Fawad Chaudhry said Rana Sanaullah and Ata Tarar left for Islamabad following rain in Punjab.

Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi obtained a vote of confidence from the Punjab Assembly during a special session of the provincial assembly in the wee hours of Thursday.

Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan chaired the session in which PTI leader and Member Punjab Assembly Mian Aslam Iqbal tabled a resolution expressing confidence in the Chief Minister.

As per details, 186 members of the ruling coalition reposed confidence in the leadership of the Chief Minister while the opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) boycotted the session.