Forward of the PTI decision to dissolve assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the party’s parliamentarians will be submitting their written resignations to the National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in person.
Sources told Geo News that the decision of PTI’s National Assembly members came in their bid to also concurrently request confirmation of their resignations.
The party’s sources are also definite that their 123 MNAs would go to the NA speaker to verify their resignations on December 22. They added that the lawmakers would assemble at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House in Islamabad before going to the parliament.
The MNAs plan on going to parliament under the leadership of PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
A day before, Shah Mehmood Qureshi replaced Imran Khan as the party’s parliamentary group leader in the house.
However, the NA speaker rejected Senator Shibli Faraz’s application seeking acceptance of PTI MNAs’ resignations, saying any decision in this regard would be within constitutional bounds. The speaker said that many PTI lawmakers have privately urged him not to accept their resignations. In such a situation, the MNA must approach the speaker in person and verify their handwritten resignations, Pervaiz added.
