LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and allied parties are convinced that, unlike Islamabad, Punjab will not see any legal and procedural deadlock that may require judicial intervention for election new main minister of provinces.
“Elements resisting and delaying elections for election new Punjab chief executive rather weakened after failed moves for manipulation of the constitutional process in National Assembly, senior PML-N leader says Dawn.
It is optimistic that the process for election new leader of in house in Punjab Assembly will be held on April 16, if not earlier, he believes that Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi is not follow in Steps of former speaker of the National Assembly, Assad Qaiser, and ruin his political career to the point of contempt of court.
“Unlike Assad Qaiser, Parvez Elahi does not have such a deep connection with Imran Khan.
Assembly for a meeting on 16th seat for electing a chief minister
vote for in CMslot had to be held on April 6, according to Punjab. advocate general gave to the Supreme Court during the hearing of case of delay in in no-confidence motion against in prime minister. The opposition PML-N filed a lawsuit in the Lahore High Court because Punjab Assembly officials violated assurances given to the Supreme Court. The case will come up for hearing on Monday (today).
PML-N official claims that some common friends try reduce distrust between Sharifs and Chaudhry of Gujrat, which increased after the latter decided to leave with ruling PTI instead of opposition in in race for formation of a new government in Punjab.
” common friends of Mian Nawaz Sharif and Chaudhry Shujaat contacted the head of PML-N in London to find ways for working relationship between two political families in in future politics”, he said.
PTI dissident groups led by Jahangir Tarin, Abdul Alim Khan and Malik Assad held a consultative meeting at a local hotel where of The Alliance stays to discuss them strategy for objection to coalition’s decision plans.
Opposition leadership ignores government threats of achieve disqualification of PTI MPA dissidents in court of law for violation party policy.
Syed Hassan Murtaza, Leader of Parliament of PPP, says Supreme Court already settled issue of disqualification, announcing that the punishment for a crime can be transferred down only after the offense has been committed.
He says since PTI has no parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly at present who can send a link against “defector” to the speaker by law, no questions of action against defectors.
He says Unlike in National Assembly where PTI defectors were deliberately held out of in no-confidence opposition process to save them from probable desertion, all dissidents of ruling party will be offered vote for Hamza Shehbaz, opposition candidate for in CMx office.
In a provincial assembly of 371 members, PTI has 183 MPAs (including 25 dissidents), PML-N 165, PML-Q 10, PPP seven, five independents and one belongs to the Rahi-i-Haq party. One of candidates, Jugnu Mohsin, already joined PML-N.
Applicant needs at least 186 votes to win in race for Chief Punjab minister office.
Published in Dawn, April 11, 2022
