Pervaiz Elahi wins confidence vote. 186 members express their confidence in Chief Minister Punjab.
The opposition boycott the trust vote process and the members walked out of the house.
There is a lot of commotion in the meeting, shouting slogans. During which there was a scuffle between the government and opposition members and chairs were moved.
According to the details, under the chairmanship of Speaker Punjab Assembly Sabtain Khan, the new session start after 12 pm. And the agenda was issued, after which a resolution presented for a vote of confidence on Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. While the opposition protested.
However, the Speaker rang the bells for the vote of confidence for 5 minutes.
A resolution of the vote of confidence on the Chief Minister present in the Punjab Assembly amid noise from the opposition.
Speaker Sabatin Khan says that the notice of the resolution received from Mian Aslam Iqbal and Raja Basharat. The counting will be done shortly.
The speaker orders to close all the doors of the assembly and says that no one should be allowed inside.
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The opposition boycott the trust vote process and members walked out of the House.
Later, the polling process starts and all the members went and exercised their right to vote.
After the voting process was completed, the counting was done. Then Speaker Sabatin Khan announced that Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi wins confidence vote. He receives the vote of 186 members.
Earlier, Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi reached the Assembly after waiting for hours.
In the interval, the meeting of the parliamentary party of PTI and Q-League continued under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister.
According to the attendance registers in the House, 181 members of PTI and Q-League attended.