Announcing his much-awaited final date to dissolve the two provincial assemblies where his party has the majority, PTI chief Imran Khan earlier revealed he would dissolve assemblies in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on 23 December (Friday), staking his entire political capital on a gambit to trigger early elections.
However, since Thursday, Punjab has descended into chaos and turmoil after a delegation of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and PML-N lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against CM Pervaiz Elahi in a bid to forestall the dissolution of the provincial assembly.
In response, PTI announced a protest outside the Punjab Governor House, to resist these attempts by the PDM-led federal government to stall the assembly's dissolution.
With the future of Punjab hanging in the balance, KP CM Mahmood Khan told media on Thursday that PTI chief Imran Khan will "decide on the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly" first.
“Right now, consultation on the matter of the Punjab Assembly is underway. The decision regarding the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly will be taken after these discussions,” he elaborated.