Pak: Nawaz Sharif calls for early general elections after PML-N’s massive defeat in Punjab – Times of India

Islamabad: Pakistan Supreme Leader of Muslim League (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif Media reports quoting sources said that he has urged for early general elections, while he is in discussion with the senior leadership of the party about quitting the government at the Centre.
This comes after the Supreme Court declared Parvez elahi In a recent decision against the decision of Dost Mohammad Mazari, Deputy Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly as Chief Minister of Punjab.
Hamza’s heavy defeat Shahbazi After the Punjab bypolls, a three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Atta Bandiyal and Justices Ejaz-ul-Ahsan and Muneeb Akhtar removed Hamza Shahbaz from the post of Chief Minister of Punjab.
This has created a new scenario for the party where it is in power at the Centre, but Punjab, often referred to as the battleground for the Sharifs, is now in power with the help of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Pervez Elahi will rule. (PTI).
Nawaz Sharif has discussed this many times with the top leaders of the party including the Prime Minister. Shahbaz Sharif And also with the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). Sources said they suggested that staying in government may now create more problems, as the government should resolve the issues in the absence of genuine support from all state organs.
He said that PDM leaders including Asif Ali Zardari and Maulana Fazlur Rehman have so far opposed the idea of ​​quitting the government, but this comes after the Supreme Court in a recent judgment against the decision of Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly Dost Parvez Elahi was declared the Chief Minister of Punjab. Mohammad Mazari.
Sources shared that Nawaz Sharif has informed his party leaders about the option of leaving the government at the Centre, confirming that the possible date and time of October and November have been discussed in great detail and Nawaz Sharif Sharif is the stakeholder of Shahbaz Sharif and the government. Aware of the nature of these discussions, The News International reported.
Sources said senior party leaders have discussed Nawaz Sharif’s return to Pakistan ahead of the next general elections and a message has been given to him that his presence in Pakistan is necessary.
Pakistan President Arif Alvi administered the oath of office to Pervez Elahi as the new Chief Minister of Punjab at Aiwan-e-Sadar in the early hours of Wednesday.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court – comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandiyal, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Muneeb Akhtar – initially ordered Punjab Governor Bali ur Rehman to administer the oath to Elahi, however, he continued his duties. refused to comply.
Notably, Hamza Shahbaz, son of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, defeated Pervez Elahi in the Punjab elections and Mazari, the Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Assembly, rejected PML-Q’s 10 votes when party chief Chaudhry Shujaat asked him to Hamza. was asked to vote in favor of
Earlier, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had allowed Hamza Shahbaz to remain as the ‘trustee’ chief minister of Punjab until the court commenced hearings.