Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday called the federal cabinet meeting at Parliament House at 2:00 PM today (Wednesday) to discuss the situation arising out of the Supreme Court’s (SC) yesterday’s ruling under which Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was declared a duly elected chief minister of Punjab, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

Sources told 24News that it was for the first time in the country’s history that the cabinet was going to meet in the parliament.  

They added that despite the fact that the meeting’s agenda had not been set as yet; however some important decisions were expected to be taken during the huddle. On the other hand, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of parties currently forming the coalition government at Center, President and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman convened the alliance leaders’ summit at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secretariat in Islamabad at 3:00 PM tomorrow (Thursday).  

Reporters: Awais Kiani and Usman Khan