ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday told a delegation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Asad Qaiser that party lawmakers will be called individually to confirm the resignations.
The delegation met the Speaker in his chamber to discuss the matter of confirming his resignations and discussing the return of the party to the Assembly.
The delegation included former speaker Asad Qaiser, PTI senior leader Qasim Suri, Aamir Dogar, Dr Shabbir Hussain, Attaullah, Faheem Khan and Tahir Iqbal.
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The Speaker told the delegation that doors are not closed in politics, there should be communication between politicians. He further said that the resignations will be decided according to the constitution and rules of the assembly.
The Speaker added that he had invited the PTI legislators to confirm the resignations. He added that when he accepted a few resignations, a PTI legislator from Karachi appealed to the High Court to stop the resignations.
PTI Chief Whip Aamir Dogar contacted the Speaker National Assembly and requested a meeting with the PTI delegation.
According to Raja Pervez Ashraf, he welcomed him to meet him and said that dialogue is the only solution in a parliamentary democracy. However, he added that confirmation of his resignation would still be subject to a one-on-one meeting.
However, on Wednesday, the Speaker of the National Assembly said that the PTI delegation did not come to meet him today and asked for a meeting at 11:30 today.
“Dogar told me that some PTI leaders wanted to meet me regarding their resignations, however, I told them that I will meet them all individually and not in groups,” Ashraf added.
On Wednesday, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that he is ready to play a role in Parliament, but the government is not ready to commit seriously.
The PTI leader made these remarks while reacting to Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s statement against PTI chief Imran Khan.
Addressing a gathering organized on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, Bilawal asked the PTI chief to return to Parliament because what is happening to him is neither his And neither can his party.
PTI MNAs resigned en masse in April after PTI Chairman Imran Khan was removed from the post of Prime Minister and have not returned home yet.
