The chief minister of the Pakistani province of Punjab calls for the dissolution of the Provincial Assembly

12 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The chief minister of the Pakistani province of Punjab, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, an ally of former Prime Minister Imran Jan, has signed a petition to dissolve the Punjab Assembly a few hours after winning the confidence of the Chamber the day before.

The decision was made this Thursday after a meeting with Jan at his residence in Lahore after having obtained the confidence of the Assembly with 186 votes in favor of 371 members in a session that lasted until midnight.

The opposition, led by the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) boycotted the session, although finally the president of the Punjab Assembly, Sibtain Khan, announced the results of Elahi’s victory, as reported by the newspaper ‘The Hindu’.

Khan intended to dissolve two of the four provincial assemblies to force early elections in the country when his party, Pakistan Justice Movement (Tehreek and Insaf) prevailed in the Punjab elections taking fifteen of the twenty seats up for grabs. match.