The Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday reinstated Parvez Elahi as Punjab Chief Minister after the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader signed an undertaking that he will not dissolve the assembly after restoration.
The high court also restored the cabinet which was disbanded last night after Punjab Governor Baligh-ur-Rehman identified Elahi as the chief minister.
The court had asked Elahi to sign an undertaking assuring the five-member bench that he would not dissolve the Punjab Assembly “if he is reinstated.”
The LHC took up Elahi’s petition filed earlier in the day against his de-notification from the post of the chief minister by the Punjab governor.
Pervaiz Elahi, in his petition, has requested that the governor’s notification to denotify him as the CM be declared illegal.
According to the details available with Geo News, Moonis Elahi signed the undertaking on behave of his father.
Meanwhile, governor Rehman’s advocate told the court that if Elahi takes the vote of confidence he is ready to take the notification back.
However, the court did not make it compulsory for the chief minister to take a vote of confidence on the Punjab governor’s orders.
A five-member bench — headed by Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh and including Justices Justices Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, Tariq Saleem Sheikh, Asim Hafeez and Muzamil Akhtar Shabir — heard the case.
The court had asked Elahi to sign an undertaking assuring the five-member bench that he would not disband the Punjab Assembly “if he is reinstated.”
The LHC took up Elahi’s petition filed earlier in the day against his de-notification from the post of the chief minister by the Punjab governor.
Parvaiz Elahi, in his petition, has requested that the governor’s notification to identify him as the CM be declared illegal.
According to the details available with Geo News, Moonis Elahi signed the undertaking on behave of his father.
Meanwhile, governor Rehman’s advocate told the court that if Elahi takes the vote of confidence he is ready to take the notification back.
However, the court did not make it compulsory for the chief minister to take a vote of confidence on the Punjab governor’s orders.
A five-member bench — headed by Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh and including Justices Justices Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, Tariq Saleem Sheikh, Asim Hafeez and Muzamil Akhtar Shabir — heard the case.
