CM Mahmood Khan sent the summary to the governor for dissolution of provincial legislature on Tuesday
PESHAWAR
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has been dissolved on the advice of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan. As per details, Governor Haji Ghulam Ali has signed the advice for the dissolution of the provincial assembly sent to him by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan a day ago.
The decision to dissolve the KP Assembly was taken in the last cabinet meeting of the provincial government, held on Tuesday. Mehmood Khan said it was the last cabinet meeting and he is grateful to all of the MPAs for their cooperation throughout the tenure and all the officers and ministers who played their role in the development of the province.
Talking to the media persons here at Governor House, he said that the purpose of his immediate signing of the summary was to save the nation from two days of confusion and wastage of time. The governor arranged a special reception for orphans and persons with disabilities on the green lawn of the governor House.
About 2000 from various orphanage houses and other organizations attended the reception. A large number of people including political workers, businessmen and senior officers of the civil bureaucracy also attended the function.
The governor observed that the economic conditions of the country were not in good condition, adding “We are facing economic and political challenges.” Therefore, he said that since he had taken oath of his office, he was calling for developing consensus to take the province forward according to our customs and traditions.
But, the whole country had witnessed that a political party was following a single point agenda of how to create anarchy in the country and aggravated both political and economic situations and created hurdles in bringing improvement in them, he added.
Haji Ghulam Ali said that as now the provincial assembly had been dissolved as per wish of a particular political party, then today he was appealing to the nation particularly to youth, general public and all segments of the society to keep into consideration who had brought the country to the current situation.
Earlier, the Punjab Assembly stood dissolved constitutionally as Punjab Governor Baligh ur Rehman excused himself from signing the summary, saying he could not become a part of the process.
The Punjab Chief minister (CM) Pervaiz Elahi forwarded the summary of dissolution and as per the Constitution, the assembly dissolves within 48 hours regardless of the governor’s decision.
