LAHORE
\nThe Lahore High Court (LHC) has been informed that Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman has taken back his order to de-notify Pervaiz Elahi as the chief minister after he managed to secure the confidence of 186 members in the Punjab Assembly.
\nA five-member bench comprising Justice Abid Aziz Shaikh, Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh, Justice Asim Hafeez and Justice Muzamil Akhtar Shabir heard the case.
\nThe TLTTP learnt that during hearing, Elahi\u2019s lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar informed the bench that his client had taken the vote of confidence from the Punjab Assembly.
\nThe Punjab governor\u2019s counsel also confirmed to the bench that the chief minister had taken the vote of confidence.
\nAt this, Justice Abid inquired whether the Punjab governor was satisfied with the vote of confidence?
\nThe governor\u2019s lawyer urged the bench to make the assembly proceedings part of the court\u2019s record.
\nAt this, Justice Asim Hafeez also inquired what the situation would be if the governor issued another notification. \u201cGovernor\u2019s notification was not legal,\u201d insisted Zafar.
\nTo that, Justice Abid remarked that the issue regarding the vote of confidence had been settled.
\nThe floor test has been completed [\u2026] does this means that the matter has been resolved now,\u201d Justice Shaikh inquired.
\nAt one point during the hearing, Justice Shaikh inquired how many days would be ideal to carry out a no-confidence vote.
\nTo this, Elahi\u2019s lawyer said that the governor should provide an ideal period of 14 days or seven-day notice at the least.
\nAt that, Justice Hafeez observed that a session could be called on a holiday as well.
\nAt that, Justice Shaikh maintained that the court only had to see whether the time given by the governor to hold a confidence vote was correct or not. Subsequently, the hearing was adjourned for a break.
\nOnce the hearing resumed, the Punjab governor\u2019s lawyer informed the LHC bench that his client has confirmed the CM Elahi\u2019s vote of confidence and withdrawn his de-notification order.
\n\u201cGovernor has taken back the de-notification order,\u201d the lawyer told LHC bench.
\n\u201cThe issue has been resolved in the assembly which is a good thing. Everything has happened according to the law and constitution,\u201d remarked Justice Abid after hearing the governor\u2019s lawyer. Meanwhile, Justice Hafeez remarked that he would be giving an additional note in the verdict. The bench then disposed of CM Elahi\u2019s petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE The Lahore High Court (LHC) has been informed that Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman has taken back his order to de-notify Pervaiz Elahi as the chief minister after he managed to secure the confidence of 186 members in the Punjab Assembly. A five-member bench comprising Justice Abid Aziz Shaikh, Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, Justice Tariq […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1669],"class_list":{"0":"post-307157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-lhc"},"yoast_head":"\n