LAHORE
\nPunjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday reconvened the 40th session of the Punjab Assembly in light of the decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding the Punjab Chief Minister election.
\nIn this regard, speaker Pervaiz Elahi has signed the order and issued a notification to convene the Punjab Chief Minister Election session which will be held on July 22. According to the notification, the meeting will be chaired by Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Mazari.
\nThe Speaker Punjab Assembly further said that will take every step to make a free and fair atmosphere during the election. Earlier, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has challenged the Lahore High Court\u2019s (LHC) decision pertaining to the powers of the deputy speaker of Punjab Assembly in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
\nThe petition said that the decision of the LHC tantamount to interfering in the parliament\u2019s affairs, adding that according to the Constitution there can be no interference in parliamentary work. PML-Q has also requested the top court to hear their petition at the earliest.
\nIn the first week of April, the Punjab Assembly Secretariat took away Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari\u2019s powers after what it termed a fake order issued with the signature of Mazari\u2019s summonning the assembly session on April 6 at 7:30 pm.
\nLater on Mazari approached the LHC against it and the court restored his powers. Meanwhile, Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday said it is meaningless to sit anywhere except in the assembly, maintaining that it is the speaker\u2019s responsibility to make sure free and fair elections are conducted.
\n\u201cThe SC has declared that elections cannot be conducted anywhere else except the assembly,\u201d he said while talking to the media. \u201cWe have to work towards maintaining the sanctity of the law and Constitution that the incumbent government is hell bent on destroying.\u201d
\nElahi went on to say that it is the speaker\u2019s responsibility to treat all the assembly members equally and move forward together. Responding to a question, he said \u201cour next move will come in light of the apex court\u2019s decision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday reconvened the 40th session of the Punjab Assembly in light of the decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding the Punjab Chief Minister election. In this regard, speaker Pervaiz Elahi has signed the order and issued a notification to convene the Punjab Chief Minister Election […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-269932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n