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November 28, 2022

Legal experts weigh in on provincial assemblies dissolution

By Zebunnisa BurkiKARACHI: While almost all lawyers and legislative affairs experts agree that a chief minister has the prerogative to ask the governor to dissolve a provincial assembly, there is a chance that the matter in the case of Punjab at least could end up in the courts.Journalist and lawyer Muneeb Farooq says, “Article 112 is pretty straightforward: any chief minister against whom a vote of no-confidence has been issued cannot advise the governor to dissolve the assembly. In the...