Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf approached the Lahore High Court to conduct the election of the Chief Minister of Punjab in a transparent manner. T...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf approached the Lahore High Court to conduct the election of the Chief Minister of Punjab in a transparent manner.
Tehreek-e-Insaf MPA Zainab Umeer has filed a petition in the Supreme Court through Advocate Azhar Siddique.
PTI leader Zainab Umeer has taken the stand in her petition that Tehreek-e-Insaf has won the by-elections, on the order of the Supreme Court, the Chief Minister of Punjab will be elected on July 22. Justice MPs can be harassed.
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The petition filed by MPA Zainab Umeer further expressed apprehension that adverse tactics may be used to prevent Tehreek-e-Insaf MPs from casting their votes.
In the petition, the Lahore High Court has been requested to order the election of the Chief Minister of Punjab in a clean and transparent manner and the Supreme Court should stop the government from taking any illegal action against the MPs of Tehreek-e-Insaf.
It should be noted that the Supreme Court had ordered Hamza Shehbaz to be re-elected as Chief Minister on July 22 as per the decision of the Lahore High Court.
After a hearing in the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court gave this order after a consensus was reached between Pakistan Muslim League (N) Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shahbaz and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Chaudhry Parvez Elahi.
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It should be noted that on April 16, the leader of Muslim League (N) Hamza Shahbaz was elected as the 21st Chief Minister of Punjab by getting 197 votes, he got 11 votes more than the required 186 votes to be elected.
25 PTI defectors were among those who voted for Hamza Shehbaz as Chief Minister.
PTI had approached the Supreme Court for the interpretation of Article 63A of the Constitution. Interpreting the reference filed by the President, the Supreme Court had said that those who deviate from the party policy under Article 63A. Assembly members will not only be de-seated but also their vote will not be counted.
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PTI had approached the Election Commission against the defecting members in the light of the Supreme Court's decision, on which the Election Commission de-seated them on May 20, after which the votes received by Hamza Shehbaz in the House. The number was reduced from 197 to 172.
It should be noted that the PTI has defeated the PML-N by winning at least 15 of the 20 seats left vacant after the disqualification of the members who voted for Hamza Shehbaz for the Punjab Chief Ministership. The chances of success of the nominated candidate are visible.
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