Political crisis deepens in Punjab, KP as parties fight on.

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE -- Federal Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah Khan Friday said that the National Assembly, as well as the Sindh and Balochistan assemblies, will remain intact until August this year. 'With the CM's advice of dissolution, Imran's bandit rule has ended in Punjab,' he claimed. Talking to a private news channel, Rana Sanaullah said that after dissolution, elections for both the KP and Punjab assemblies would be held within 90 days. 'We will contest the elections and win them'. Opposing the option of general elections, the minister said how can we ask the governments of Sindh and Balochistan to dissolve the assembly? Rana further said that the coalition parties were not in favour of dissolving the assemblies as this was an undemocratic act. 'There was a strong opinion in our party to let them dissolve the assemblies, but if it happens, we are ready for elections,' he added. Also, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb says the people will not vote for PTI, which has brought the country to the verge of default. In a statement on Friday, she said the province has become free of plunderers of Punjab's resources. She said the people have recognised the crooks, who bought diamond rings with Punjab's wealth. The minister expressed hope that the coalition partners will purge the province of foreign agents through the power of ballot Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice-president Fawad Chaudhry Friday urged the Punjab governor to dissolve the Punjab Assembly forthwith so that the process of installing a caretaker setup could be started on time. Talking to reporters outside Zaman Park residence of party chief Imran Khan, the PTI leader said that Hamza Shehbaz was formally being contacted by the chief minister to seek names for the caretaker set up. Fawad said that the Punjab governor should assert his independence and dissolve the assembly immediately without waiting for the 48 hours for signing the summary. He hoped that the governor would issue the notification without any further delay. Fawad said that the Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly was being formally contacted [by CM] to seek names for the caretaker government. He hoped that Hamza Shehbaz would forward names of impartial persons to hold free and fair elections. Replying to a question, he said that internal discussions had started in the PTI to finalise names for the caretaker set up. The PTI will give its names of care-taker PM to Ch Parvez...