As power politics continues between the ruling and the opposition parties in the country, National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Tuesday accepted the resignations of 35 members of the lower house of parliament belonging to the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
\nAsad Qaiser, Qasim Suri, Pervez Khattak, Ali Amin Gandapur, Murad Saeed, Shehryar Khan Afridi, and Imran Khattak are among the lawmakers whose resignations have been accepted.
\nThe development came following growing acrimony between the PTI and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led government in the country.
\nResignations of Hammad Azhar, Shafqat Mehmood, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Zartaj Gul, Ali Zaidi have also been accepted by the NA speaker.
\nIt is pertinent to mention here that around 131 MNAs belonging to the PTI tendered their resignations en masse after Imran Khan’s government was ousted through a no-confidence motion In April last year.
\nOn July 28, 2022, the speaker also approved 11 resignations of PTI members under Article 64(1) of the Constitution of Pakistan.
\nAccording to the notification, the NA speaker accepted the resignations of the following PTI members last year:
\nAli Muhammad Khan \u2014 NA-11, Mardan-IIIFazal Muhammad Khan \u2014 NA-24, Charsadda-IIShaukat Ali \u2014 NA-31, Peshawar-VFakhar Zaman Khan \u2014 NA-45, Kurram-IFarrukh Habib \u2014 NA-108, Faisalabad-VIIIIjaz Ahmad Shah \u2014 NA-118, Nankana Sahib-IIJamil Ahmed Khan \u2014 NA-237, Malir-IIMuhammad Akram Cheema \u2014 NA-239, Korangi Karachi-IAbdul Shakoor Shad \u2014 NA-246, Karachi South-IShireen Mehrunnisa Mazari \u2014 Reserved Seat for Women (Punjab)Shandana Gulzar Khan \u2014 Reserved Seat for Women (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
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