Fawad says PTI to move court for removal of Hamza as Punjab CM

Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf would file a petition for the removal of Hamza Shehbaz as the Punjab chief minister, former information minister and PTI leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussain announced Wednesday.

The announcement came at a press conference following the PTI Punjab’s advisory committee meeting at Imran Khan’s residence in Lahore.

Hussain said PML-N's Hamza Shehbaz was an “illegal chief minister” in view of the Supreme Court's verdict on voting against party lines. He also hoped that the court dismisses the chief minister of Punjab.

“Would like to tell chief secretary and IG that times have changed,” said Fawad, adding that Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Elahi, who is the PTI’s candidate for chief minister, has said that he would accept any decision taken by Imran Khan.

The PTI leader said that the party was of the view that whoever becomes chief minister of Punjab should dissolve the provincial assembly.

The former information minister also claimed that there was no government throughout the country and added that a “strong and stable Pakistan was handed over to the incumbent incompetent government".

Fawad also said that the incumbent government had ruined the country.

The PTI leader said that President Arif Alvi may ask Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take a vote of confidence at “any point”, adding that the premier did not have 172 votes to survive such a motion.

“We want to move towards elections,” said Fawad, adding that the PTI is ready to hold talks on electoral reforms if they announce a date for the polls.