CM Mahmood sends advice to dissolve KP assembly

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Mahmood Khan Tuesday sent advice to KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali to dissolve the provincial assembly, reported 24NewsHd TV channel.

In the summary sent to KP Governor, CM wrote that he was sending the advice pursuant to Article 112(1) of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Now Governor has 48 hours to decide upon the dissolution of the KP assembly.

If he follows the footsteps of the Punjab Governor, who did not sign the summary to dissolve the Punjab Assembly, the KP assembly will be dissolved automatically on Thursday after the passage of the 48 hours.

KP CM Mahmood Khan will remain in office till the appointment of the caretaker chief minister.

He and the opposition leader will send three names each for the caretaker CM slot to the Governor. If a consensus is reached, the caretaker CM will be chosen from the given names. Otherwise, the matter will be sent to the parliamentary committee constituted by the speaker with both treasury and opposition MPAs as its members.

If the government and opposition yet failed to reach a consensus on a single name for the caretaker CM, the matter will be sent to the Election Commission of Pakistan, which will appoint the caretaker CM.