PESHAWAR: The government of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has summoned the provincial legislative assembly to meet next week after four months in the face of a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Pervez Khattak.
Sources said yesterday, Governor Mahtab Khan had convened the assembly session on October 23 at 3pm.
The last session of the assembly was called to pass the annual budget in July.
Official sources said that the no-confidence motion submitted by the opposition parties against Khattak and prolonged sit-in of the ruling Pakistan Tehrik Insaf against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad had caused the delay in convening of the session.
The sit-in is still continuing and the chief minister, his cabinet members and MPs of PTI had been attending the protest.
Officials said that agenda for the upcoming session was heavy and the house would have to dispose of several important bills, resolutions and other items.
However, crucial item on the agenda is no-confidence motion against Khattak.
The coalition partners have planned to negotiate with the opposition to withdraw its motion.
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