NA speaker accepts resignations of 35 more PTI MNAs

National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday accepted the resignations of a further 35 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MNAs, just days after accepting the resignations of nearly three dozen of the party’s lawmakers.

The PTI had resigned en masse from the lower house of parliament following the ouster of PTI chief Imran Khan in April last year.

Subsequently, NA speaker Ashraf had accepted only 11 of the resignations, stating that the remaining lawmakers would be summoned individually for verification. After stalling the process for eight months, Ashraf on Tuesday, accepted the resignations of 34 more PTI MNAs and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid as the party hinted it would “test” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with a confidence vote.

The total number of MNAs whose resignations have been accepted stands at 80.

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The lawmakers whose resignations have been accepted today are:

1. Dr Haider Ali Khan (NA-2)
2. Saleem Rehman (NA-3)
3. Sahibzada Sibghatullah (NA-5)
4. Mehboob Shah (NA-6)
5. Muhammad Bashir Khan (NA-7)
6. Junaid Akbar (NA-8)
7. Sher Akbar Khan (NA-9)
8. Ali Khan Jadoon (NA-16)
9. Engr Usman Khan Tarakai (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. Mohammad Iqbal Khan (NA-44)
17. Aamer Mehmood Kiani (NA-61)
18. Syed Faiz ul Hassan (NA-70)
19. Chaudhry Shoukat Ali Bhab (NA-87)
20. Umar Aslam Khan (NA-93)
21. Amjad Ali Khan (NA-96)
22. Khurram Shahzad (NA-107)
23. Faizullah (NA-109)
24. Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar (NA-135)
25. Syed Fakhar Imam (NA-150)
26. Zahoor Hussain Qureshi (NA-152)
27. Ibraheem Khan (NA-158)
28. Tahir Iqbal (NA-164)
29. Aurangzeb Khan Khichi (NA-165)
30. Makhdoom Khusro BakhBar (NA-177)
31. Abdul Majeed Khan (NA-187)
32. Andaleeb Abbas (reserved seat)
33. Asma Qadeer (reserved seat)
34. Maleeka Ali Bokhari (reserved seat)
35. Munawara Bibi Baloch (reserved seat).

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Separately, the speaker had on Thursday put off the assembly session, scheduled to be held today (Friday), for a week without giving a reason.

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More to follow.

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