LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday restored Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as Punjab chief minister and his cabinet on the assurance that the provincial assembly would not be dissolved, Suspending Governor Balighur Rehman’s de-notification order.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday restored Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as Punjab chief minister and his cabinet on the assurance that the provincial assembly would not be dissolved, suspending Governor Balighur Rehman’s de-notification order. A five-member LHC bench, headed by Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh, also sought replies from the quarters concerned as well as the viewpoint of the governor by January 11, 2023. The bench also issued notices to the attorney general for Pakistan and the Punjab advocate general, seeking their legal assistance. Governor Rehman issued an order in the wee hours of Friday to de-notify the chief minister and dissolve his cabinet after Elahi did not take a vote of confidence from the provincial assembly by Wednesday as ordered by the governor on Monday.