ISLAMABAD: Top leadership of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday decided to dissolve the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab provincial assemblies and tender resignations from all assemblies.
PTI General Secretary Fawad Chaudhry told the media after the PTI Core Committee meeting in Lahore that PTI leadership has endorsed the decision to dissolve Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies.
Fawad Chaudhry said that a meeting of the parliamentary party of Punjab and KP assemblies had been summoned on Friday and Saturday, respectively, to discuss the constitutional crises and finalize a date for the dissolution of the assemblies.
PTI to Take CM Punjab Pervaiz Elahi into Confidence
The meeting also decided that Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and his son MNA Moonis Elahi will also be taken into confidence on Tuesday.
According to local media reports, during Monday’s meeting, most party members emphasized that they must dissolve the assemblies instead of simply resigning from their seats.
Legal Experts Outline Constitutional Complications, Legal Procedures
During the meeting, barrister Babar Awan and Barrister Ali Zafar also outlined the constitutional complications and legal procedures for the dissolution of the assemblies.
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They reported that if PTI tendered collective resignations, the government could establish a caretaker government. In contrast, after the dissolution of the assemblies, a caretaker setup could work under the existing chief ministers.
They said that after the dissolution of the assemblies, the government would have to conduct fresh elections at any cost.
