Awami Muslim League President Sheikh Rashid Ahmed \u2014 an ally of the PTI that has resolved to dissolve assemblies in the provinces where it is in power\u2014 said on Wednesday that the fate of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies would be decided in a week.
\nThe former interior minister\u2019s statement came in a tweet, in which he also criticised the government over the country\u2019s economic situation.
\n\u201cToday is the first day of the rescue operation. Institutions staying away from politics is praiseworthy, but institutions also cannot remain distant from their people,\u201d Ahmed added, in an apparent reference to the army whose command was taken over by new Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir yesterday.
\n\u201cA decision on two provincial assemblies will be made within a week,\u201d he added.
\nAhmed\u2019s statement has come a day after former prime minister Imran Khan-led PTI, which has been demanding immediate elections since the party chief\u2019s ouster as the prime minister in April through a no-confidence, confirmed its decision to dissolve the two assemblies on Monday.
\nThere has been no corroboration of Ahmed\u2019s statement by the PTI yet.
\nThe possible dissolution of the two assemblies was first announced by Imran on Saturday at a rally in Rawalpindi, marking the end of his party\u2019s month-long protest march carried out by the PTI to build pressure on the government for early elections.
\nOn the occasion, Imran had said his party would be quitting all assemblies and opting out of the \u201ccurrent corrupt political system\u201d.
\nFollowing the PTI\u2019s announcement, opposition parties in both provinces have stepped up efforts to avert the intended move, with reports saying that options of a no-confidence motion and governor\u2019s rule are on the table.
\nThe PML-N\u2019s parliamentary party in Punjab decided in principle on Monday to use all \u2018available tactics\u2019 to foil the PTI\u2019s proposed plan and discussed the prospects of tabling a no-trust move against Chief Minister Parvez Elahi, imposition of governor\u2019s rule and the governor seeking a vote of confidence from the CM.
\nThe participants of the meeting also discussed approaching the Supreme Court with a request to take up Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Hamza Shehbaz\u2019s review petition on its July decision that declared Elahi as the provincial chief executive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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