The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) and Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao (PPP-S), two major opposition parties in the NWFP Assembly, and their allies submitted a no-confidence motion against the chief minister to the Assembly Secretariat on Monday.The notice of resolution bore the signatures of 31 members, 13 PPP-S MPAs and 10 PML-Q MPAs. In addition, eight independent members and dissidents supported the no-trust motion. “It’s a dramatic decision. We had two options before us to block the dissolution of the assembly and we used both today (Monday),” said Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani, PML-Q general secretary and parliamentary leader in the NWFP Assembly. Speaker Bakht Jehan said, “Under Article 112-2 of the Constitution, now the chief minister cannot dissolve the assembly.”
| More here from the Khaleej Times. Apparently this was a pre-emptive move to keep the minister from dissolving the assembly -- Perv needs all the provincial assemblies to vote to remain President. |