The Punjab Assembly Session – in which a motion of allegiance against the Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and Deputy Speaker Dost Mazari was to be held – was adjourned on June 6 after a motion of no confidence in the speaker was rejected.
As lawmakers were unable to enter because of the police, the motion of no confidence in Speaker Elahi was interrupted for technical reasons as no PML-N member could present a statement against him.
As soon as the session started, under the chairs panel due to the absence of any representative, it was postponed to June 6th.
Afterwards, Khalil Tahir Sindhu of the PML-N said the session was suspended for “illegal reasons” and they would attack the speaker again today. “There is no legal basis for saying that if a motion was rejected, it could not be re-enacted.
Immediately, MPPAs from the PML-N-led coalition alleged that other PTI and PML-Q lawmakers were allowed inside, and held Elahi accountable, while the speaker accused PM’s “father and son” Shehbaz Sharif and CM Hamza Shehbaz. .
The session was scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. Elah had summoned lawmakers to arrive at the convention half an hour earlier.
Security was tightened outside the assembly. ParhloNewsTV A television report showed a group of police officers armed with anti-riot gear outside the gates.
PML-N’s Ataullah Tarar told reporters that the gates were closed according to Parvez Elahi’s orders. “Elahi did all this through his men. No media or MPs are allowed in. This is not Gujrat district council, this is a center of 120 million people.”
Speaking to Elahi, Tarar said he had “made a habit” of violating the sanctity of the house. “A motion of no confidence was introduced and under the Constitution, it is compulsory to hold a seven-day session.” He said PML-N lawmakers would protest outside the gates until they were allowed to enter.
In contrast, PPP Parliamentary Leader Syed Hassan Murtaza told reporters that only PTI lawmakers were allowed to attend the rally. He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture and that his confession had been obtained through torture.
Elia, on the other hand, told reporters that Shehbhaz and Hamza Shehbhaz had closed the gates when asked who was responsible for the obstacles.
He said it was now clear to the media that they (the government) were “creating a police gate”. “The fact is that they have seen that they have no numbers, we have a lot of people a lot of (turncoats) have been issued … No one can stop the law. “
He also warned that those police officers who disrupted the process risked Section 6 – treason.
Earlier in the day, Elahi spoke of improved security, and he said: “Let’s see who is keeping the elected members from attending the convention.
“We will fight Fascism in government, no one can stop elected representatives from attending the convention.
Former Punjab governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema also took to Twitter and asked “heads of law enforcement agencies and constitutional institutions” to take note of the Punjab situation.
“How long will the 120 million province be abused by this father by his son [duo] and the police, ”he said, adding that the public should not be forced to take to the streets to” liberate the province “.
An Assembly official is said to have been arrested
Prior to the session, the day was not short on the stage, as a convention officer was arrested and detained by police, according to a spokesman for the Punjab Assembly.
The speaker confirmed the reports of the arrest of the Director-General of Parliamentary Affairs Rai Mumtaz. In a statement, the speaker announced that police entered Mumtaz’s home after camping.
He alleges that police officers conducted a search of the home of Punjab Assembly Secretary Muhammad Khan Bhatti and Coordination Secretary Inayatullah Lak, but were unable to apprehend them.
Speaker Elahi condemned the police action and claimed that it was done on the orders of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. He also called the government’s “Fascist” actions.
“After violating the sanctity of the House, the government is resorting to new tactics,” he said, adding that the action against officials in the Punjab Assembly was evidence of “fearful” government.
“An unconstitutional and false government is taking action against the Constitution and the law,” he said, adding that the “true face” of the Sharifs had been declared public.
In the afternoon, it emerged that the case was registered against three Punjab Assembly officials at the Shahdara police station in the MPP complaint Ashraf Rasool.
FIR, its available copy by Parhlo.comwas registered under Section 452 (illegal entry), 506-B (penalty for threatening terrorism), 148 (riot, armed robbery) and 149 (illegal assembly) of Pakistan Penal Code.
Rasool alleges that five men arrived at his home at 10am on May 21. When he went outside, he found three armed men serving as assembly officers, claiming that all five suspects had broken into his residence.
“Muhammad Khan Bhatti, Inayatullah and Rai Mumtaz pointed their guns at me,” he said, adding that the secretary of the Punjab Assembly had asked to be released. The MP quoted the secretary as saying he would kill the law if he did not stop “opposing” her.
“He also asked four other men to threaten me with serious consequences,” he said, adding that this was an attempt to prevent him from carrying out his parliamentary duties.
The complainant alleges that as secretary of the Punjab Convention, Bhatti favored people from his hometown of Mandi Bahauddin when they were hired. The lawyer said he had taken the matter to the Punjab Convention.
In contrast, in a statement, Bhatti said the provincial assembly was a democratic institution and its officials were attacked in the “dark of night”.
He said during a search of his residence, officers confiscated jewelery, a cellphone, a laptop and an LCD TV. He also alleged that the communications secretary’s family had been abused, in addition to stolen property.
Bhatti said the arrest of a senior official such as Rai Mumtaz had made a mockery of the law. He also said he would register a case with police officers for the theft of property from their homes.
The session was called ahead of schedule
On Saturday, Elahi rescheduled the assembly session from May 30 to May 22 (today), after 25 protesters of PTI MPAs who had voted for Hamza Shehbaz in the CM office against their party’s direction have gone they were stopped.
Although no official agenda has been released until Saturday evening, Speaker Elahi’s swift action indicates that the numbers game is now ready for him in his first election as prime minister.
The current capacity of the assembly has been reduced to 346 members after the withdrawal of 25 MPAs. The PML-N has 165 MPAs where five members of the Sharaqpuri group have recently terminated their support. In addition to the support of its 160 MPAs, the PML-N has an MPP of seven PPPs, four independent and a Rah-i-Haq Party for one MPA on its side. This indicates that the PML-N has 172 votes.
On the other hand, Elahi’s PML-Q and its PTI partner have a total of 168 seats, but the PTI-PML-Q alliance believes they will get all five women and smaller seats while PML-N will claim two seats. the appointed ones will come. in it.
