- Political crisis in Punjab deepens with two sessions summoned for budget presentation
- The Punjab Assembly session once again postponed while session at Aiwan-e-Iqbal commenced
- Speaker Pervaiz Elahi termed the development as illegal
LAHORE: The political crisis in the Punjab province deepens as the Punjab Assembly session to present the budget was once again postponed while a parallel session at Aiwan-i-Iqbal under Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammad Mazari begins, reported BOL News.
As per details, the NA session for the budget was postponed till tomorrow while the parallel session at Aiwan-i-Iqbal commenced after a delay of nearly 2 hours.
The development came as the Punjab government failed to present the budget even after two days since the session was summoned.
A deadlock between the treasury and opposition benches surfaced as Speaker Pervaiz Ilahi refused to allow the provincial government to present the budget in the House and demanded an apology from IG Police over cases lodged against the PTI and PML-Q.
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A day-long talk was held between both camps on Monday and later the session for postponed till Tuesday (yesterday).
The second-day session also went without any fruitful results and the Governor summoned another session in parallel at the Aiwan-i-Iqbal for Wednesday (today).
Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Elahi termed the session under the chair of Governor Baligh-ur-Rehman as “illegal”.
He opined that if the Governor wants to convene a session, he must inform the Secretary first and maintained that convening a Punjab Assembly session in Aiwan-e-Iqbal is ‘illegal’ and ridiculous.
On the other hand, the session that was called on Wednesday in Aiwan-i-Iqbal commenced after a delay of nearly 2 hours and Provincial Minister Awais Leghari has been presenting the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23.
