LAHORE: The opposition within the Punjab Assembly moved a no-confidence movement looking for the ouster of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Monday.
122 lawmakers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and 7 from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) signed the movement earlier than submitting it to the workplace of speaker, mentioned Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan of the PML-N.
Khan additional mentioned 119 MPs demanded Speaker Pervaiz Elahi to convene a session to desk the movement.
Signatures of 74 lawmakers are wanted to set off a no-confidence vote in Buzdar, Khan added.
The seventeenth meeting of the 371-seat House is dominated by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) celebration whose authorities is supported by a coalition of 199 lawmakers. Of these, 184 belong to the PTI, 10 to Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), one to lesser-known Pakistan Rah-i-Haq Party (PRHP) and 4 independents.
Whereas, the opposition, basically the PML-N and PPP, have 172 seats mixed with 165 of them belonging to the previous.
While reviews claiming Buzdar ready a abstract saying the dissolution of the House emerged over the weekend, Khan mentioned the chief minister “cannot dissolve the assembly once the motion is submitted”.
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