LAHORE / PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has summoned a meeting of its parliamentary party in the Punjab Assembly to discuss options available for dislodging the alliance of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) ruling the province or at least barring it from dissolving the assembly.
The parliamentary party will meet at PML-N’s provincial secretariat in Model Town on Monday (today) under the chairmanship of opposition leader Hamza Shehbaz.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan had announced in Rawalpindi on Saturday that party members would tender their resignations from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, the two provinces where the Imran-led party is in power, to put pressure on the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government in Centre for early elections across the country.
CM has lost majority in the house.
“Nowhere in the Constitution has it been stated that the governor cannot summon a special session for taking a vote of confidence by the chief minister if the elected house of the relevant province is already in session,” he said.
In the meantime, PPP has also begun seeking signatures of its Punjab Assembly members on a no-trust motion. As a couple of MPAs, including Syed Ali Haider Gilani, are presently abroad, they are being sent the document for signatures through courier service, a senior party leader told Dawn.
Meanwhile, in a bid to pave the way for the PDM government in Punjab, PML-N leader Ishaq Dar called on PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad. The former president is expected to travel to Lahore soon for ‘Mission Lahore’.
Sources in PPP said the purpose of ‘Mission Lahore’ is the ouster of the ruling PTI-PML-Q alliance and Mr Zardari will be staying in the provincial capital for a while to execute his strategy.
According to sources, both leaders also discussed financial issues confronting Sindh.
