LAHORE – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Sundaythat Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi would take the vote ofconfidence before January 11.
Earlier this week, the Lahore High Court (LHC) reinstated Elahi as PunjabCM on the condition that he would not dissolve the assembly until the nexthearing. The court will resume hearing the case on January 11.
Khan told journalists at his Lahore residence on Sunday that he wasconfident Elahi would dissolve the assembly once he wins the trust of thehouse again.
After the confidence vote, the PTI plans to dissolve Punjab and KhyberPakhtunkhwa assemblies, the ousted prime minister said.
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“When both assemblies are dissolved, the [government] will be forced tohold general elections,” the former PM said. If polls are delayed evenafter PTI’s move, he said, “it won’t affect” the party.
Defending delay in dissolution of assemblies, the PTI chief said his partyhad to convince its allies before taking the crucial step.