Dissolving the provincial assembly is accomplished by Governor Haji Ghulam Ali signing the summary Mahmood Khan, the Chief Minister of K-P, delivered. Governor signs order dissolving K-P Assembly.
Following the dissolution of the Punjab Legislature just a few days prior, Governor Haji Ghulam Ali signed the summary on Wednesday dissolved the province assembly on advise of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.
Till the interim administration assumes power, the governor gave Mahmood Khan the order to continue serving as chief minister.
Governor signs order dissolving K-P Assembly and Governor Ghulam Ali also expressed the willingness to arbitrate between Mahmood Khan and the leader of the opposition. On Tuesday, K-P CM had sent advice to the governor seeking the dissolution of the provincial assembly under Article 112(1) of the Constitution on the instructions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.
The dissolution of the assembly will trigger the process of consultation between the outgoing chief minister and the opposition leader for installing an interim government. Sources have said that both sides were preparing the list of their nominees for the caretaker chief minister.
The dissolution of the K-P Assembly comes days after the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly, which was also dissolved on the instruction of Imran. The PTI chief had announced on November 26 at the culmination of the Haqeeqi Azadi March that he would dissolve the two provincial assemblies, where the PTI was at the helm.
Imran had said that if the elections were to be held in 66 per cent of the country after the dissolution of the assemblies, the government would be unable to stop general elections from taking place.
Here’s the image of the notice:
