Opposition submits no-confidence motion against Punjab CM

In a major development on Monday, the opposition parties in the Punjab Assembly — the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) — submitted a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi. The no-trust motion was submitted in the provincial assembly against the Chief Minister, Speaker Sibtain Khan and Deputy Speaker Wasiq Abbasi, Express News reported. وزیر اعلی پنجاب، سپیکر اور ڈپٹی سپیکر کے خلاف تحریک عدم اعتماد جمع.. نَصْرٌ مِّن اللَّهِ وَفَتْحٌ قَرِيبٌ pic.twitter.com/sv0GHkcmXj — Khawaja Imran Nazeer (@Kh_ImranNazir) December 19, 2022 The no-confidence motion stated that the PPP and PML-N lawmakers had lost confidence in CM Elahi's ability to lead the House, hence he should take a vote-of-confidence from the assembly again. Following the submission of the no-trust motion, Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman summoned session of Punjab Assembly on December 21 (Wednesday) “for the chief minister to seek vote of confidence from the House”. The governor in an order shared on his official Twitter handle 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”. Also read: Shehbaz, Zardari invoke Shujaat’s magic “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 added. The governor in the order also referred to alleged rifts between PTI and PML-Q, saying, “The chief minister has stated in a TV programme on Dec 4 that he is not going to dissolve the provincial assembly until March 2023, a position which is completely at odds with the PTI’s public opinion on the issue.” Governor Punjab summons session of Punjab Assembly for the Chief Minister Punjab to seek vote of confidence from Assembly on 21st December. pic.twitter.com/YpkR1NyMm6 — M Baligh Ur Rehman (@MBalighurRehman) December 19, 2022 The development comes days after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan announced that his party would dissolve assemblies in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on December 23 (Friday), staking his hard-earned political ground on a bid to trigger early elections. The PML-N was reportedly planning to prevent the possible dissolution of the Punjab Assembly, as party sources revealed on Saturday to The Express Tribune that it was likely to submit a no-confidence motion against Punjab Chief Minister Elahi and Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan. The PML-N leadership had reportedly given a green signal to submit a motion of no-confidence in a bid to prevent the possible dissolution of the assembly by the PTI.

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