The Coalition Government is considering requesting Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf to accept the resignations of all members of...
The Coalition Government is considering requesting Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf to accept the resignations of all members of the National Assembly, including PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Deputy Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
According to the Dawn newspaper, the resignations of the members who had publicly announced their resignations will be requested to be accepted.
The 131 members of the National Assembly were summoned by the Speaker today to confirm their resignations, but the PTI leadership has decided that the legislators will not appear before the Speaker.
In addition, the government has apparently adjourned the joint sitting of Parliament till June 9 on the refusal of President Dr Arif Ali to approve two important bills.
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All the PTI members of the provincial assembly had resigned en masse after the end of their government in April, however, the speaker wanted the members to come in person and confirm their resignations in a 'voluntary manner and with sincerity'.
Sources in the National Assembly Secretariat told Dawn that it is likely that the Speaker will accept the resignations of Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi as Imran Khan has publicly announced his resignations while Shah Mehmood Qureshi has tendered his resignation in the National Assembly. Was confirmed.
Sources in the government said that the government does not want to accept all the resignations at once to avoid the burden of by-elections on several vacant seats on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Last month, on June 6, a summons was issued by the Speaker of the National Assembly stating that he wanted 30 members to appear before him on a daily basis, after which the exercise would be completed in four to five days.
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However, party chairman Imran Khan had earlier announced that no party legislator would appear before the speaker in this regard.
Sources said that more than two dozen members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have contacted the Speaker of the National Assembly and asked him not to accept his resignation.
The Speaker had summoned 6 members of the National Assembly to appear in person. These are the names of the members.
Dr. Haider Ali Khan (NA2)
Saleem Rehman (NA3)
Murad Saeed (NA4)
Sahibzada Sibghatullah (NA5)
Mehboob Shah (NA6)
Muhammad Bashir Khan (NA7)
Junaid Akbar (NA8)
Sher Akbar Khan (NA9)
Prince Muhammad Nawaz Alai (NA-12)
Ali Khan Jadoon (NA-16)
Umar Ayub Khan (NA-17)
Asad Qaiser (NA18)
Engineer Usman Khan Trakal (NA 19)
Mujahid Ali (NA-20)
Muhammad Khan (NA22)
Malik Anwar Khan Taj (NA-23)
Fazal Mohammad Khan (NA24)
Pervez Khattak (NA 25)
Imran Khattak NA 26
Arbab Amir Ayub (NA 28)
Nasir Khan Musazai (NA 29)
Sher Ali Arbab (NA 30)
Shaukat Ali (NA31)
Shehryar Afridi (NA-32)
Shahid Ahmed (NA 34)
Gul Zafar Khan (NA41)
And Sajid Khan (NA42).
According to the spokesperson of the National Assembly, the members have been informed by letter to appear before the Speaker of the National Assembly and confirm that he has resigned as per his wish without any pressure.
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