CM Parvez Elahi will be dismissed following a new declaration: Sanaullah Rana

 After the new declaration is adopted, Parvez Elahi won't be the chief minister of Punjab, according to Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday.

Sanaullah told Geo News that Elahi will be fired as chief minister when Governor Baligh-ur-Rehman signs the declaration at 4 p.m.

The governor of Punjab may also ask the prime minister to impose governor rule, according to the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

The minister stated that the most recent audio leak involving PTI Chairman Imran Khan is a "fact" in response to a question about it.

Sanaullah stated that "Imran Khan videos are also available and their content is identical to the audio."

It is impossible to hold a vote of confidence today.

Fawad Chaudhry of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stated to the media that the governor should avoid from acting in an unconstitutional manner.

Fawad claimed that the vote of confidence could not be held today in accordance with the decision of Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan. "The no-confidence motion process will start on Friday and be completed by the end of next week," he continued.

After the no-trust move fails, the PTI leader stated that the assemblies would be disbanded, and he added that both assemblies would be dissolved at once rather than separately.

Governor and Hassan Murtaza meet

Hassan Murtaza, the PPP's parliamentary leader, today met with the governor of Punjab, on the other hand. The political climate in the province was discussed by both leaders.

The meeting's participants determined that the constitution would not be violated. Murtaza asserted that the governor's directive to take the vote of confidence was lawful.

Deepening crisis in Punjab

Tuesday saw a worsening of the political upheaval and constitutional crisis in Punjab, thus Speaker of the Provincial Assembly Sibtain Khan overruled Governor Baligh-ur-decree Rehman's and called an adjournment of the current session till Friday.

A no-confidence resolution against Chief Minister Parvez Elahi was submitted by parliamentarians from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and the Punjab governor called the provincial assembly's session on Wednesday, December 21, a day earlier.

The Punjab Governor's Secretariat stated in a notification that "The governor Punjab is pleased to sign order summoning the provincial assembly of Punjab at 1600 hours (4pm) on Wednesday and requiring the chief minister of Punjab to obtain a vote of confidence in accordance with Article 130(7) of the Punjab Constitution."

According to Speaker Sibtain Khan's decision, a three-member bench of the Lahore High Court in the Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo v. Federation of Pakistan case, the governor cannot call a new session until and unless the current session is prorogued.

According to Article 130(7) of the Constitution, which gives the governor the power to call a session for a vote of confidence, the session can "be determined only in a session which is particularly summoned for this reason," the speaker continued.

Khan further said that the governor cannot call for a vote of confidence under Article 130(7) while the present session is still in session and that such a session can only be called after the speaker has prorogued the current session.

The speaker further stated that the chief minister should be given "not less than 10 days" to secure the vote of confidence in accordance with the LHC's directive. According to procedure, that is the bare minimum of time that must be given to the chief minister.

He added that the governor lacks the authority to call the meeting where the chief minister must win a vote of confidence.

The undersigned "gives ruling that the order of governor requiring chief minister to take vote of confidence, being not in accordance with aforesaid provisions of the Constitution and Rules of Procedure, may not be processed any further; therefore, disposed of accordingly," in accordance with Rule 209-A of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab's 1997 Rules of Procedure, in light of the aforementioned.