Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders have said that the Lahore High Court’s order which has restored Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s government in Punjab is just a timely relief, adding that the chief executive will have to seek a vote of confidence.
The PML-N leaders, including Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Railways Minister Saad Rafiq, were addressing a presser on Saturday.
Rana Sanaullah said that it is the governor’s constitutional duty to ask the chief minister to seek a vote of confidence. He noted that assemblies are constitutional and democratic institutions that are being ridiculed.
Speaking about the LHC order, which restored Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as chief minister, he maintained that it is an interim relief, not a permanent relief. He hoped the next 18 days, they (Punjab rulers) would loot public money.
Rana Sanaullah says government will not announce general elections
Rana Sanaullah said the government would not announce general elections, adding that elections would only be held in the provinces, where the assembly would be dissolved.
Rana Sanaullah enunciated that there are some legal complications that could imperil Punjab. He said that if the government announced general elections in 90 days, Pakistan would default in just 45 days. He lashed out at PTI chairman Imran Khan and his coterie, saying they are accomplishing the agenda of Pakistan’s enemies.
The interior minister Rana Sanaullah said that his party had started preparing for the Punjab election. However, he asked the chief minister to seek a trust vote before dissolving assemblies. He noted that the Elehi-led Punjab government is influencing assembly members by doling out funds and money to them. He revealed that they had reports that they were offering PKR 2 billion to the members’.
Speaking on the occasion, Railways Minister Saad Rafiq maintained that the elected institutions should complete their constitutional term. He said Pakistan was on the verge of default when the PDM-backed PML-N government regained power.
He took a jibe at Imran Khan and his cronies, saying they made an uproar regarding the assemblies’ dissolution. “However, the truth is Pervaiz Elahi does not have a majority in the Punjab Assembly.
He prodded the PTI on the KP Assembly issue, saying they could dissolve the provincial assembly there if they wanted.
He also criticized the PTI chairman, who still wanted the establishment to interfere in politics. The railways minister believed that Imran was doing dirty politics.
PML-Q leader Tariq Bashir Cheema also spoke on the occasion. He said that during the trust vote, things would become clear as to how many people are with Elahi and how many support Ch Shujaat Hussain.
