Lahore, April 17, 2022 (PPI-OT):A joint meeting of Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) parliamentary party was held under the chairmanship of Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Parvez Elahi. The caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar, Members of National Assembly Moonis Elahi and Hussain Elahi including Shafqat Mahmood, Muhammad Basharat Raja, Hafiz Ammar Yasir, Chaudhry Zaheeruddin, Mian Shafi Muhammad, Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Pir Syed Saeed Al Hassan Shah, Wasim Khan Badozai, Khayal Kastro, Nadeem Qureshi, Pir Ashraf Rasool, Amber Mahmood Khan, Samavia Tahir, Sabrina Javed, Farah Agha, Shahida Sajid, Sabin, Ayesha Iqbal, Zeba Umar, Sadia Sohail, Asiya Amjad, Samira Bukhari, Momina Waheed, Asiya Ahmed, Farhat Farooq and Khadija Omar participated.
Addressing the gathering, Ch Parvez Elahi said that a bogus, unconstitutional and controversial election was held yesterday. Governor Punjab and Advocate General Punjab have already declared yesterday’s election as controversial. This is a constitutional issue until a clear situation emerges. Until then we can’t recognize it. What happened yesterday on the floor of the Punjab Assembly has never happened before in the parliamentary history of Punjab.
Ch Parvez Elahi said that the police came as if they had come to attack the dacoits. All this happened under the leadership of Hamza Shahbaz. His target was to scare PTI and our MPAs out of the house. He said that the Deputy Speaker held the election by standing in the gallery which has no constitutional status. Anyone can hold the election by holding a megaphone in the gallery of the guests. Sitting in the place of strangers, a stranger conducted the election. What kind of election is this in which the Chief Ministerial candidate was injured and the election was held in his absence?
The gallery in which our members were supposed to go was blocked by the police, just as they conducted a fake election, they also found a fake governor and took a fake oath. Ch Parvez Elahi said that we have convened a meeting of constitutional experts and a plan of action will be worked out to challenge this unconstitutional election. The application that we filed yesterday has not been registered yet, whereas the case was registered immediately last night at their request. “I would like to thank all the members of the assembly who stood firm in the House against these goons,” he said. I also commend the courage of the female MPAs who stood their ground till the end of time.
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