Lahore (Staff Report/Agencies): Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Thursday denied to take vote of confidence, terming Governor Baligh-ur-Rehman’s directions “illegal”.
“I don’t accept the letter that the governor has written for the vote of confidence. If I take the vote of confidence, then it means that I am accepting the letter,” Elahi said while talking to the media.
Last month, the Lahore High Court restored Elahi as the Punjab Chief Minister.
A larger bench of the LHC, headed by Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh and comprising Justices Justices Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, Tariq Saleem Sheikh, Asim Hafeez and Muzamil Akhtar Shabir, issued the ruling after Elahi assured that he would not dissolve the provincial assembly after holding the office.
The court also reinstated the cabinet of the Punjab chief minister and also issued notices to all the parties in the case and summoned them on January 11, 2023.