No-confidence motion against CM Parvez Elahi: Punjab governor summons assembly session

• The governor has signed the order summoning provincial assembly.
• Baligh ur Rehman has sent the order to Punjab Assembly secretary.
• Punjab CM does not command confidence of the majority, he said.

LAHORE: Following submission of no-confidence motion against CM at the Assembly Secretariat by the opposition, the Punjab governor has summoned assembly session to hold no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Parvez Elahi on Wednesday (21st December), two days prior to Imran Khan’s dissolution of the provincial assembly.

The governor has signed the order summoning the provincial assembly, requiring the chief minister of Punjab to obtain a vote of confidence in terms of Article 130 (7) of the constitution of Pakistan.

Baligh ur Rehman has sent the order to the Punjab Assembly secretary.

In the letter, the governor said that Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, the chief minister of Punjab, had lost the confidence of his party president Ch. Shujaat Hussain, and the members of his own party belonging to the Punjab Assembly, and whereas, it was widely known that over the last few weeks serious differences of opinion had erupted between the two coalition parties of the ruling alliance in the Punjab Assembly, i.e. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League (Q) regarding political strategies, dissolution of assembly, development schemes and transfers of public officials.

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“The most recent manifestation of cracks within the ruling alliance in the Punjab Assembly has been the resignation of one of the members of the Cabinet, namely Sardar Hasnain Bahadar Dreshak, after a bitter verbal spat between him and the Chief Minister, during the Cabinet meeting on 16 December 2022.

“Whereas it is matter of public knowledge that the Chief Minister has stated in a TV programme on 4 December 2022 that he is not going to dissolve the provincial assembly until March 2023, a position which completely at odds with the PTI’s public position on the issue, and which has led to resignation of two MPAs belonging to PTI in protest against the Chief Minister’s statement.

“And whereas the Chief Minister Punjab, in a television programme, aired on 18 December 2022, openly and vehemently criticized Imran Khan, Chairman PTI for the latter’s comments regarding former Chief of Army Staff made in a public rally on 17 December 2022.

“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.

“Therefore, 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 1600 hours on Wednesday, 21st December, 2022 in the Chamber and require the Chief Minister to obtain a vote of confidence on the aforesaid date and time.”