Constitutional crisis in Punjab, Pakistan (2022)

rdf:langString Constitutional crisis in Punjab, Pakistan (2022)

rdf:langString The constitutional crisis in Pakistan's Punjab province began on 28 March 2022, when Usman Buzdar tendered his resignation as Chief Minister at the request of Prime Minister Imran Khan and nominated former Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi to replace him. On 1 April 2022, his resignation was accepted by then Governor of Punjab. The resignation of Usman Buzdar became necessary after it became clear that Buzdar no longer enjoyed the support of the provincial assembly. Although Imran Khan initially resisted the idea of Buzdar being removed, he eventually negotiated a deal with Elahi's PML(Q), in which Elahi's party would support Imran Khan in the no confidence motion which was tabled in the National Assembly in return for Elahi being nominated as Chief Minister by PTI. However, A group of 25 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPAs defected from their party and decided to support opposition leader Hamza Shehbaz Sharif for the post of Chief Minister instead.