ISLAMABAD: PTI has decided to approach the Supreme Court again to confirm the resignations of its MNAs after the National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf allegedly delayed the matter.
The party’s legal team has started preparing the case as it believes the Speaker was deliberately dragging his feet on the matter.
When the PTI announced that its MNAs would again reach the assembly to tender their resignations, the Speaker adjourned the meeting indefinitely.
Ashraf went on leave when party MNAs announced that they would appear before the Speaker to confirm their resignations, PTI sources said.
The “delay tactics” used by the Speaker of the National Assembly has forced the PTI to approach the Supreme Court once again.
In this regard, the President Dr. Arif Alvi has summoned the meeting of the National Assembly (today) under Article 54 (1) of the Constitution.
The PTI MNAs had decided to appear in person before the Speaker of the National Assembly on Thursday to confirm their resignations, months after which the party leadership had to accept them. Despite repeated requests, they have it.
On April 3, the then Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Qasim Suri, rejected the no-confidence motion against the then Prime Minister Imran Khan saying that he had the support of a foreign state and therefore it was against Article 5 of the Constitution. is “unconstitutional” under
He then adjourned the meeting without voting on the motion.
However, their decision was set aside by the Supreme Court on April 7.
On 13 April, Suri accepted the resignations of 123 PTI MNAs before stepping down from his post.
Ashraf, after taking oath of office later that month, directed the Assembly Secretariat to process the resignations of PTI legislators afresh and present them before him so that they could be dealt with in accordance with the law. can go.
The decision of the 22nd speaker of the assembly came amid claims and speculation that some PTI legislators are now willing to back down and are sending messages that their resignations should not be accepted.
Later he accepted the resignations of only 11 PTI legislators on 27 July.
PTI challenged this move in the Islamabad High Court on August 1.
However, the court rejected the plea, holding that the then deputy speaker’s acceptance of resignations of PTI legislators was unconstitutional.
Subsequently, the party approached the Supreme Court, requesting it to set aside the IHC’s order as “vague, cursory and illegal”.
