First and foremost, the featured image of the article is for attention and it does not disregard the honorable justices of the supreme court. I will explain it later. For now, please guide me in comments on a constitutional question.
If President Arif Alvi asks Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif to get a vote of confidence under Article 3-91 of the Constitution in the National Assembly.
On whose directive will the 24 PTI MNAs be bound?
Party Head Imran Khan or parliamentary leader Raja Riaz.
According to PTI’s recent constitutional interpretation, its 24 MNAs will be bound by parliamentary leader Raja Riaz’s instructions and his vote as well.
The count will be done as per the instructions of the parliamentary party head.
The practical interpretation of this is that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has the confidence of 174+24=198 members of the National Assembly.
If Tehreek-e-Insaaf insists on this constitutional interpretation. It is virtually impossible to remove him from office through a no-confidence motion for the next one and a half years.
On the contrary, if Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi is supported by Tehreek-e-Insaf in Punjab and if he becomes the chief minister, he will have the trust of 186 members of the provincial.
