Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has filed an application at Qila Gujjar police station for registration of a case against the...
Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has filed an application at Qila Gujjar police station for registration of a case against the commotion in the House after the defeat of Hamza Shahbaz in the Chief Ministerial election.
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| Pervez Elahi applied for registration of the case. Photo: MAK NEWS-21 |
Accompanied by Pervez Elahi, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member Provincial Assembly Raja Basharat and PML-Q Senator Kamil Ali Agha and other Assembly members also reached Qila Gujjar Police Station.
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In the petition, Pervez Elahi said that he was the unanimous candidate of PTI and Pakistan Muslim League for Punjab Chief Minister and during the election in the House, police personnel in civilian clothes entered and violated the sanctity of the House.
He said that these people pushed our women members of the Assembly, which caused a commotion in the House.
Pervez Elahi alleged that during the same summer, Hamza Shahbaz ordered his members of the provincial assembly to kill Pervez Elahi.
He said that on the orders of Inspector General (IG) Police Punjab, under the supervision of SP Imran and SP Mustansir and SHO Farooq, 200 to 300 armed police personnel carrying batons entered the house violating the sanctity of the House. Attacked with intent to kill.
Pervez Elahi said in the petition that on the orders of Hamza Shahbaz, Rana Mashhood took a stick from the police and struck it with a stick which hit my right arm and my arm was broken.
He said that Jahangir Khanzada hit Aamir, a member of the provincial assembly, with a stick and he too was injured.
It may be recalled that a new Chief Minister was being elected in the Punjab Assembly after the resignation of former Chief Minister Usman Bazdar where the atmosphere in the House was tense even before the formal commencement of the session.
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When Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari arrived in the House to preside over the meeting, the PTI government members surrounded the Deputy Speaker's seat. The Deputy Speaker was escorted out of the House under tight security.
Meanwhile, a scuffle broke out between the government and opposition members. A heavy contingent of Punjab Police along with SSP operations reached the Punjab Assembly to control the situation.
Pervez Elahi, who was present in the assembly, accused the PML-N of bringing the police into the house and said, "This is the first time in the history of Punjab that the police have come into the house."
After the commotion, the Deputy Speaker left the Assembly while the spokesperson of the Punjab Assembly said that the sitting would not be adjourned till the voting.
Later, anti-rights activists in bulletproof jackets entered the house through the old gate of the Punjab Assembly. Police removed the members of the Provincial Assembly from the speaker's dice and took control of the speaker dice.
On the other hand, during the commotion in the House, Chief Ministerial candidate Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi also fell victim to the commotion and was injured in the violence and was taken out of the House.
Talking to MAK NEWS-21, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, pointing to the PML-N, said, "I have always been kind to them. They have retaliated by breaking my arm. Also hurt, I'm also a heart patient.
He said that IG was responsible for all this, Shahbaz Sharif had spoken to him, police could not enter the house, this is the first time since Pakistan was formed.
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He said that I told all PTI members to be patient, when does the court hear me? Who should I go to? When I was falling, I saw Rana Mashhood sitting on top of me.
It is to be noted that when the Deputy Speaker started voting for the election of the Chief Minister, the PML-Q and PTI boycotted the voting process and walked out but the voting continued.
After voting, the Deputy Speaker announced that PML-N Vice President Hamza Shahbaz got 197 votes and he has been elected as the Chief Minister of Punjab.
After which notification of victory of Hamza Shahbaz was also issued by the Deputy Speaker.
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