PTI to dissolve assemblies instead of resignations

LAHORE, Nov 28 (NNI): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leadership on Monday decided against tendering the resignations – revising the plan – but decided to dissolve the assemblies.
PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting of the party – which included senior leadership from Punjab, Sindh and KP – to discuss the ongoing political situation and dissolution of assemblies.
The PTI leaders – Asad Umar, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Fawad Chaudhry, KP CM Mehmood Khan, Shafqat Mahmood, Taimur Jhagra, Ali Amin Gandapur, Ali Zafar Advocate, Babar Awan, Jamshed Cheema, Ejaz Chaudhry, Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Usman Buzdar were present in the meeting. Speaker Punjab Assembly Sibtain Khan, Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Atif Khan, Omar Ayub, Senior Provincial Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal, Mehmood-ur-Rasheed, Secretary Information Farrukh Habib, Qasim Suri – attended the key meeting.
Earlier, PTI senior leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said that the final date will be given within three days regarding the dissolution of the provincial assemblies.
While talking to the media to speak on the matter of dissolution of the provincial assemblies, Fawad said that a meeting of the PTI leadership was held in this matter, in which it was decided to dissolve the provincial assemblies. He said that the Punjab and KP assemblies will be dissolved after Friday’s meeting.
He said that the PTI chief will hold a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi in this regard, adding that the ticketing process is about to start.
The PTI stalwart added that the meeting also strongly condemned the arrest of Azam Swati.
Expressing his confidence in PTI supporters, Fawad said that the party leadership is confident that the public will play their part to return the mandate to PTI.
Hitting out at the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership, the former federal minister said that the PML-N should now pray that the PTI does not dissolve the assemblies.
Slamming the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Fawad advised the electoral watchdog to conduct the elections within a 90-day period instead of being a spokesperson for the PML-N. NNI