NA speaker, PTI lawmakers stick to their guns on resignation issue
ISLAMABAD (MNP) – National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf says he will not accept PTI members’ resignations without personal hearing and individual verification.
A delegation of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), comprising former speaker Asad Qaiser, senior PTI leaders Qasim Suri, Amir Dogar, Dr Shabbir Hussain, Ataullah, Fahim Khan and Tahir Iqbal, met Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on the issue of resignations of the party lawmakers. The speaker told the PTI members that for verification of the resignation, the party’s lawmakers would be called individually. He added that decision on the resignations would be made according to the Constitution and rules of the assembly.
The speaker said when he accepted a few resignations, one of the PTI lawmakers from Karachi appealed to a high court to stop the resignation. Mr Ashraf reiterated that doors were not closed in politics and there should be contact between politicians.
