The court issued the directives after a five-member bench took up Elahi's plea challenging Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman's orders to de-notify him as the provincial chief executive.
PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi today filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) against Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman's orders denotifying him as the province's chief minister.
The opposition leaders headed by PML-N chief Tahir Khalil Sindhu reached Punjab Assembly to withdraw their no-confidence motion submitted on Monday, citing that the Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman's notification to remove Elahi as chief minister yesterday made the notice "infructuous".
Sharing the papers of de-notification on his Twitter account, the Punjab governor said, "Since CM has refrained from obtaining Vote of Confidence at the appointed day and time therefore he ceases to hold office. Orders issued this evening."
The Pakistan interior minister alleged that Imran Khan "will try to find an excuse that some no-confidence motion appears or a direction from the governor arrives" so Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi could "have an excuse" to continue his tenure.
Imran Khan on Saturday made the announcement to dissolve the assemblies of the provinces where they rule -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on December 23 in a video address with Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan by his side.
The two leaders held a meeting on the matter in Lahore as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) prepare to dissolve the assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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