Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday sent a summary to Governor of Punjab Latif Khosa for the dissolution of the Punjab cabinet.
The decision to dissolve the provincial cabinet was taken in a meeting chaired by the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leadership.
Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah personally delivered the summary to the Governor House.
Goverenor Khosa is constitutionally bound to approve the summary within 14 days, after which it will be approved by default.
‘PPP will prefer to sit on opposition benches’
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani today said that instead of indulging in horse trading, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will prefer to sit on the opposition benches in Punjab Assembly.
Talking to the media in Muridke, Gilani said the PPP believes in fair politics.
He said the government was trying its best to resolve the issues with the PML-N.
Gilani claimed that in the past three years, the government’s progress showed that it worked sincerely for the cause of development in all fields adding that it was the duty of all political parties to come forward and help the government for the betterment of the masses.
‘Culture of traditional family politics must change’
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar today said that his party is determined to change the culture of traditional family politics in Punjab.
Addressing MQM workers in Multan, Sattar said that the party's convention in Lahore on April 10 will be a decisive blow for elements critical of the MQM.
He said that the elite class was enjoying privileges while the poor suffer.
The MQM leader said that his party wants to change this culture, adding that it was determined to bring about a revolution for the sake of the under-privileged.
Sattar also called for the formation of more provinces out of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
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