LAHORE: (HRNW) Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi will take the vote of confidence shortly, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said Wednesday, with the speaker delaying an ongoing session by an hour.
A session of the Punjab Assembly’s session is underway, with lawmakers from both treasury and opposition benches resorting to chanting slogans and ruckus — for the third consecutive day.
The PTI claims that it has the required numbers, but the opposition has stressed that several MPAs of the party are currently abroad and they could prove it through geo-fencing.
In conversation with a private television channel, Fawad said that a total of 185 lawmakers of the PTI and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) were present in the session, while two members were on their way to the assembly.
The former federal information minister said the two lawmakers were on their way to the session from Chakwal and Bahawalpur, respectively, and once “they are in the assembly, Elahi will take the vote of confidence”.