PESHAWAR, Jan 18 (FD): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulami Ali on Wednesday signed a summary sent by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan for dissolution of the provincial assembly.
A day earlier, the chief minister sent the summary to the governor, stating: “I, Mahmood Khan, Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in pursuance of provisions in Article 112(1) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, do hereby forward my advice for dissolution of provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 17th January, 2023, at 2100 hours (9pm).”
This comes just days after Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi dissolved Punjab Assembly as part of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan strategy to exert pressure on the federal government to announce date for general elections.
