PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakthunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Sunday stated that he will send a summary on Tuesday to the governor for dissolution the provincial assembly.
Taking to his twitter handle on Sunday, the KP CM said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) will be re-elected in the general elections and form a government with a two-thirds majority.
“As per directives issued by Imran Khan, the summary for dissolution of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly would be sent to the governor on Tuesday. Inshallah the PTI will return with a two-thirds majority,” he said.
قائد عمران خان کے حکم کے مطابق
خیبر پختونخوا اسمبلی کی تحلیل کیلئے سمری بروز منگل گورنر کو ارسال کردی جائے گی۔
انشاءاللہ تحریک انصاف دوتہائی اکثریت سے دوبارہ حکومت میں آئے گی۔— Mahmood Khan (@IMMahmoodKhan) January 15, 2023
Earlier, he said in his statement, “I have always said I am a humble worker of (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. I owe this office to him. I wouldn’t hesitate for a minute if he asks me to dissolve the provincial assembly.”
He mocked those who claimed he was in Lahore for consultations. “What is there to consult? How can I say ‘no’ to Imran Khan?” he questioned.
“The moment I get a nod from Imran Khan, the provincial assembly will cease to exist.”
The move comes after the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly as PTI Chairman Imran Khan inches closer to fulfilling his promise of disassociating from the “current corrupt political system” by quitting the two assemblies.
PTI چئیرمین عمران خان کی زیر صدارت KP کی کابینہ کی میٹنگ
میٹنگ میں وزیراعلی خیبر پختونخوا اور صدر PTI KP پرویز خٹک کی بھی شرکت
منگل کے دن KP اسمبلی توڑنے کی سمری گورنر کو بھیج دی جائے گی
چئیرمین تحریک انصاف کی پارٹی صدر اور کابینہ اراکین کو الیکشن کی تیاریاں شروع کرنے کی ہدایت pic.twitter.com/4dnq9YXaFj— PTI (@PTIofficial) January 15, 2023
On Saturday, the KP CM had reiterated that he wouldn’t hesitate for even a moment to dissolve the provincial assembly as and when he was instructed by Imran to do so.
“I have always said I am a humble worker of Imran Khan. I owe this office to him. I wouldn’t hesitate for a minute if he asks me to dissolve the provincial assembly,” he had said while addressing the oath-taking ceremony of the newly-elected body of the Peshawar Press Club.
Punjab Assembly dissolution
Earlier, hours after taking vote of confidence of a majority of lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi formally advised the governor to dissolve the provincial legislature on Thursday.
The move had capped weeks of speculation, legal wrangling and a public spectacle of the differences between the ruling allies in Punjab — the PTI and PML-Q — over whether the assembly would be disbanded or not.
The Punjab Assembly automatically stood dissolved late on Saturday evening, following the governor’s refusal to sign the chief minister’s advice.
