Governor Balighur Rehman refuses to sign Punjab Assembly dissolution summary.

With less than an hour remaining until the Punjab Assembly automatically stands dissolved, Governor Balighur Rehman has refused to approve the binding summary sent by the chief minister.

On Thursday, Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi had sent a summary to Rehman, containing the advice to dissolve the provincial assembly.

The advice came after Elahi survived a vote of confidence in the house despite a boycott by the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

With Elahi's advice binding and automatically applicable after 48 hours...

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