LAHORE 15 JAN (Online): Former Punjab chief minister and PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said on Sunday that his party \u201cfulfilled its commitment\u201d to former premier Imran Khan by dissolving the provincial assembly despite conflicting statements by people in the \u201copposite camp\u201d as he revealed the PTI offered his son Moonis the presidency.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, after much ado, Elahi signed a summary to dissolve the Punjab Assembly. In a brief one-line advice addressed to Governor Balighur Rehman, Elahi said: \u201cI Parvez Elahi, chief minister of Punjab, hereby, advise you to dissolve the provincial assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Saturday, the provincial assembly automatically dissolved after Rehman refused to sign Elahi\u2019s summary.<\/p>\n
In a press conference in Lahore today, the former chief minister said that it was initially said that PML-Q would back out of dissolving the assembly.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we assured Imran that this was our commitment to him and we stood by it. They offered to give Moonis (Parvez\u2019s son) the presidency but we refused because we didn\u2019t want it to look like this was a trade.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told them we will look at these things later. There was no trade, we did this (dissolve the assemblies) because we trust Imran and know that he is capable of leading the country,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n
Talking about the appointment of the caretaker chief minister, Elahi said that he would meet Imran today at his Zaman Park residence where the two leaders would discuss candidates.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will give three names to the governor after consultation,\u201d he added.
\nElahi went on to say during the upcoming polls, the PML-N would be hiding its face because it had been \u201ccompletely exposed now\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the reason Nawaz has refused to return to Pakistan,\u201d he said, adding that the PML-N supremo had realised that his party would be defeated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI stand by Imran\u2019s statement, We took a vote of confidence, now it is time for Shehbaz to take a vote of confidence,\u201d the PML-Q leader said, referring to the PTI chief\u2019s statement last night in which he had said that the prime minister will be \u201ctested\u201d through a confidence vote in a tit-for-tat move similar to the one he himself had faced as the premier in April.<\/p>\n
Continuing, Elahi stated that when Shehbaz would have to undertake a confidence vote, cracks would appear in the coalition government.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you will see [\u2026] it will fall and then won\u2019t ever be able to get back up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE 15 JAN (Online): Former Punjab chief minister and PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said on Sunday that his party \u201cfulfilled its commitment\u201d to former premier Imran Khan by dissolving the provincial assembly despite conflicting statements by people in the \u201copposite camp\u201d as he revealed […]<\/p>\n
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