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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Tuesday approves the resignations of 35 PTI MNAs who had resigned following the vote of no confidence against former prime minister Imran Khan in April last year, amid growing hostility between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led government.
Several influential PTI members, including former economic affairs minister Hammad Azhar, former defence minister Parvez Khattak, former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, former information minister Fawad Chaudhry, former planning minister Asad Umar, and former climate minister Zartaj Gul, submitted their resignations to the NA speaker.
Sheikh Rashid, the leader of the Awami Muslim League (AML), submitted his resignation, which the speaker also accepted.
It should be mentioned that after Imran Khan’s government was overthrown by a motion of no confidence in April of last year, around 131 PTI MNAs collectively tendered their resignations.
“ECP de-notifies lawmakers immediately,” it says.
The 35 MNAs who were members of the previous ruling party were subsequently de-notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The Election Commission of Pakistan hereby de-notifies the following Members of the National Assembly of Pakistan with immediate effect, per a notification from the electoral authority, “Consequent upon the Acceptance of Resignations by the Hon’ble Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan and in pursuance of the Notification No. F.21 (4)/2022-lagis dated 17th January, 2023 of National Assembly of Pakistan.”
On July 28, 2022, the speaker also gave his approval for 11 PTI members to resign in accordance with Article 64(1) of the Pakistani Constitution.
The announcement states that the lower house members whose resignations the NA speaker accepted last year were:
- Ali Muhammad Khan — NA-11, Mardan-III
- Fazal Muhammad Khan — NA-24, Charsadda-II
- Shaukat Ali — NA-31, Peshawar-V
- Fakhar Zaman Khan — NA-45, Kurram-I
- Farrukh Habib — NA-108, Faisalabad-VIII
- Ijaz Ahmad Shah — NA-118, Nankana Sahib-II
- Jamil Ahmed Khan — NA-237, Malir-II
- Muhammad Akram Cheema — NA-239, Korangi Karachi-I
- Abdul Shakoor Shad — NA-246, Karachi South-I
- Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari — Reserved Seat for Women (Punjab)
- Shandana Gulzar Khan — Reserved Seat for Women (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)