— Mazari says session can be carried out anywhere; PA spokesman doubts legality
– Punjab Assembly sealed off with barbed wire, gates locked
LAHORE: After the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday sealed off with barbed wire and buildingx main the gates were locked, the deputies from the opposition, led by PML-N, held session of their own in private hotel, with PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz claims that Hamza Shehbaz was “elected as chief minister Punjab.
legality of in session and Hamza’s subsequent “victory” was unclear as session was held outside The Punjab Assembly, which was attended only by opposition legislators, while neither Speaker Parvez Elahi nor Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari presided over it. Also, no change notifications of session The location or “victory” of Hamza was issued by the secretariat of the Punjab Assembly.
session It was instead chaired by MPA PPP Shazia Abid, who said media that she was assigned to panel of chairmen for 40th session of Punjab Assembly on April 3rd. According to the rules of Procedure of provincial assembly of Punjab 1997 Member of in panel of chairmen can preside session in absence of speaker and deputy speaker.
Panel of chairmen.– (1) At the beginning of and the sessionSpeaker must assign, in order of seniority, from among the members of a panel of No more than four chairmen and in absence of the speaker and the deputy speaker, the member having precedence among those present at the meeting, shall take the chair.
It is appropriate to note that the united opposition staged a staged session in National Assembly on Sunday after actual session was wrapped up Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly Kasym Khan Suri.
But, in tweet before start of in session Maryam said that today session will have support of “Constitution and law” and will not just be symbolic.
” session of The Punjab Assembly, which is about to adopt place is currently not symbolic, but constitutional and legal one”, she wrote on Twitter. “God willing, PML-N is going to prove his majority.”
She later tweeted that Hamza was “elected as in Punjab new main minister opposition representatives with 199 votes.
PML-N Information Secretary Marryum Aurangzeb shared a video of the two PML-N offspring greet and congratulate each other.
Muniz congratulates Hamza on Existence elected because ‘CM of Hotel Faletti’
Responding to development, PML-Q leader Muniz Elahi, whose father as well as party leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi also candidate for the head of the ministry, joked: “Congratulations, Hamza Sahab for become the leader minister of Hotel Faletti.
Mazar says session can be carried out anywhere; PA spokesman doubts legality
At the same time, talking to media in Lahore, Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari said that the assembly session you could call anywhere.
He said he consulted with lawyers. who advised him to wear out Chief minister election “immediately on today’s date”.
Mazari claimed that PA Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and his staff feared he would create a dangerous situation. for them.
He said he used his powers in conformity with Constitution as the largest province of Pakistan was left without a leader minister.
It is pertinent to note that in the course of hearings before the Supreme Court, earlier in day, Chief Judge of Pakistani Umar Ata Bandial was told that Punjab Assembly staff were not following the Deputy Speaker’s directives. At the same time, he noticed that if system did not cooperate, then constitutional officials could use their rights.
The Vice Speaker may call in session in Bug-and-Djinn, if he wants to,” he said.
However, the representative of the Punjab Assembly stated that in declaration that the Vice Speaker cannot preside over but session of post-delivery assembly of but no-confidence motion against to him.
“Constitutionally, the Vice Speaker has no right to preside over Any session’, the spokesman said, adding that Mazari, presiding over any meeting session would in violation of Constitution.
Punjab Assembly sealed off with barbed wire, gates locked
Formerly a large contingent of police with batons and equipped with shields was deployed outside Real building of Assembly. Water cannons and lifeguards 1122 vehicles we also present time outside meeting building.
development coincided with representation of but no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari after he said session for Chief minister election will take place tonight at 7:30 pm, but the rep for Provincial Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) denied development.
Bilawal denounces the sealing of Punjab Assembly
Compaction reaction of provincial assembly, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari denounced that the vice speaker was “locked out” of Assembly on day of vote for Chief ministerelections.
This was announced by the head of the PPP. in tweet: “If it takes 30 seconds to pull off coup, it should it will take 30 seconds to cancel the flip. Justice Delay justice rejected. After last week-long constitutional breakdown in Islamabad, Vice Speaker of Punjab was locked up today out of [the] assembly on [the] day of vote for CM. A haircut [sic] wire around people house”.
Formerly Maryam announced that she will arrive at the Punjab Assembly today at 7 pm to support Hamza.
“To stand with Hamza who clearly has the majority, I’m going [the] Punjab Assembly Ijlaas (session) at 7[pm] InshaAllah,” she tweeted.
