A lot of supporters of Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan “besieged” the governor’s home right here on Thursday and warned the governor of de-notifying the chief govt of Punjab province on the pretext of a belief vote.

Khan, addressing the individuals through video hyperlink from his residence in Lahore, criticised the federal authorities for creating hurdles within the dissolution of the Punjab Meeting.

The constitutional disaster in Punjab has deepened following Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi’s refusal to acquire a vote of confidence on the order of Punjab Governor Baligur Rehman of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

Seventy-year-old Khan had introduced the dissolution of Punjab and Kyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies on December 23 to push the federal coalition authorities to name for snap elections.

The elections are due between October and November 2023 after the completion of the tenure of the incumbent authorities.

The Punjab governor after the cricketer-turned-politician’s announcement sought a vote of confidence from the chief minister.

The opposition PML-N in Punjab additionally moved a no-trust movement towards Elahi in order that he couldn’t dissolve the meeting.

In an unprecedented transfer, the PML-N-led federal authorities has deployed the Pakistan Rangers and the Frontier Constabulary (FC) in and out of doors the governor’s home for its safety.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman additional mentioned solely free and honest elections may steer the nation out of the political quagmire.

He additionally requested the establishments to take inventory of the scenario. “Are the establishments not nervous about the place Pakistan is heading? Quickly there might be a scenario that the nation slips out of everybody’s palms,” he warned, stressing that the one probability to get out of this mess lies in free and honest elections.

Khan mentioned the 13 coalition events, together with the PML-N and Pakistan Folks’s Get together (PPP), have been operating from elections as they knew that they might not defeat Khan-led.