ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday accepted the resignations of 35 more Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs, amid reports that President Arif Alvi is seeking a vote of confidence from Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. are ready for House of Parliament.
A total of 69 resignations were accepted this week after the PTI announced its return to the assembly and threatened to move a no-confidence motion against the prime minister.
“According to Clause (1) of Article 64 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, read with Rule 43 of the Rules and Regulations of the National Assembly of Pakistan, 2007, the Honorable Speaker of the National Assembly, Assembly of Pakistan, 11 April 2022 is pleased to accept the resignations of the following members of the National Assembly from the date on which the respective letters of resignation were submitted.
After accepting the resignations, the summary was sent to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to de-notify the PTI legislators.
Earlier, Ashraf had stopped the process of accepting resignations after July 28, saying that the remaining lawmakers would be called individually for verification. However, contrary to his claims he accelerated the process by accepting the resignations of 34 more PTI MNAs and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed earlier this week after a gap of eight months.
Now, after accepting 80 resignations since July, the number of PTI MNAs in the assembly has reduced to 73, including disgruntled ones.
Here is the list of PTI legislators whose resignations have been accepted.
Serial Number | Name | circle |
01 | Dr Haider Ali Khan | NA 2 |
02 | Salim 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 Jadoun | NA 16 |
09 | Engineer Usman Khan Tarkai | 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 | Muhammad Iqbal Khan | NA 44 |
17 | Amir Mehmood Kayani | NA 61 |
18 | Syed Faizul Hasan | NA 70 |
19 | Chaudhry Shaukat Ali Bhab | NA 87 |
20 | Omar Aslam Khan | NA 93 |
21 | Amjad Ali Khan | NA 96 |
22 | Khurram Shahzad | NA 107 |
23 | Faiz Allah | NA 109 |
24 | Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar | NA 135 |
25 | Syed Fakhr Imam | NA 150 |
26 | Zahoor Hussain Qureshi | NA 152 |
27 | Ibrahim Khan | NA 158 |
28 | Tahir Iqbal | NA 164 |
29 | Aurangzeb Khan Khachi | NA 165 |
30 | Makhdoom Khusro informed | NA 177 |
31 | Abdul Majeed Khan | NA 187 |
32 | Andlib Abbas | Reserved seating |
33 | Asma Qadeer | Reserved seating |
34 | Malika Ali Bukhari | Reserved seating |
35 | Munora Bibi Baloch | Reserved seating |
Around 131 MNAs belonging to the PTI resigned en masse after Imran Khan’s government was toppled by a no-confidence motion in April last year.
The Speaker of the National Assembly accepted the resignations of only 11 PTI legislators on 28 July 2022, while on 17 January he accepted the resignations of 34 more.
‘surprise’
Meanwhile, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Attaullah Tarar took a dig at the PTI after accepting the resignations.
Sharing a picture of the breaking news on Twitter, Tarr wrote: “When Khan Sahib was having a meeting on his return to NA, [we ensured] its return”
“You still want to come back?” he asked.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more details.