The political uncertainty continues in Pakistan after the National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz on Friday accepted the resignations of 35 more Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs.
The PTI had resigned from the lower house of parliament after the ouster of PTI chief Imran Khan in April 2022.
According to a press release issued by the National Assembly Secretariat, the resignations were accepted in accordance with clause (1) of Article 64 of the Constitution and rules of procedure and conduct of Business in the NA.
“In accordance with clause (1) of Article 64 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, read with Rule 43 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly of Pakistan 2007, the Hon’ble Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan has been pleased to accept the resignations of the following Members of the National Assembly with effect from April 11, 2022, the date when the letter of respective resignations was submitted,” said the statement.
The resignations had been accepted with effect from 11 April 2022, the date when the letters of respective resignations were submitted, said Radio Pakistan.
Following the approval of the resignations, the summary was sent to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to de-notify the PTI lawmakers.
Here's the list of PTI lawmakers whose resignations have been accepted:
S.No Name Constituency
01 Dr Haider Ali Khan
NA-2
02 Saleem Rehman
NA-3
03 Sahibzada Sibghatullah
NA-5
04 Mehboob Shah
NA-6
05 Muhammad Bashir Khan
NA-7
06 Junaid Akbar
NA-8
07 Sher Akbar Khan
NA-9
08 Ali Khan Jadoon
NA-16
09 Engr Usman Khan Tarakai
NA-19
10 Mujahid Ali
NA-20
11 Arbab Amir Ayub
NA-28
12 Sher Ali Arbab
NA-30
13 Shahid Ahmed
NA-34
14 Gul Dad Khan
NA-40
15 Sajid Khan
NA-42
16 Mohammad Iqbal Khan
NA-44
17 Aamer Mehmood Kiani
NA-61
18 Syed Faiz ul Hassan
NA-70
19 Chaudhry Shoukat Ali Bhatti
NA-87
20 Umar Aslam Khan
NA-93
21 Amjad Ali Khan
NA-96
22 Khurram Shahzad
NA-107
23 Faizullah
NA-109
24 Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar
NA-135
25 Syed Fakhar Imam
NA-150
26 Zahoor Hussain Qureshi
NA-152
27 Ibraheem Khan
NA-158
28 Tahir Iqbal
NA-164
29 Aurangzeb Khan Khichi
NA-165
30 Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar
NA-177
31 Abdul Majeed Khan
NA-187
32 Andaleeb Abbas
Reserved seat
33 Asma Qadeer
Reserved seat
34 Maleeka Ali Bokhari
Reserved seat
35 Munawara Bibi Baloch
Reserved seat
Earlier, Ashraf had stalled the process of accepting resignations after July 28 stating the remaining lawmakers would be summoned individually for verification.
However, contrary to his claims he quickened the process by accepting the resignations of 34 PTI MNAs and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid earlier this week after an eight-month hiatus.
Soon after the PTI announced its return to the assembly and test the PM through a no-trust move, the government so far accepted 70 PTI resignations during the current week only.
Around 131 MNAs of the PTI had tendered their resignations en masse after Imran Khan's government was ousted through a no-confidence motion in April last year.
By July 28, 2022, the NA speaker had accepted the resignations of only 11 PTI lawmakers.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan has de-notified the PTI lawmakers whose resignations were accepted today.
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