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Islamabad [Pakistan]China News Service, December 29 (Xinhua) Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Raja Parvaiz Ashraf will hold talks with Pakistani Justice Movement Party (PTI) lawmakers on Thursday to personally verify the former ruling party National Assembly (MNA) Resignation of Members of Parliament. The Express Tribune quoted a spokesman for the National Assembly as saying.
Ashraf said PTI members had to come one by one to approve their resignations. In an interview with reporters, he emphasized that if members of Congress gather together, the resignation verification process cannot be carried out normally.
In addition, according to the “Tribune” report, the speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan stated that he must abide by the constitution and the law when it comes to resigning. Raja Parvaiz Ashraf said members of the National Assembly had not yet written their resignations.
“The resignation letter was not written by the member. The PTI member did not even come in the previous summons,” Raja Parvaiz Ashraf was quoted as saying by Tribune Express.
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Raja Parvaiz Ashraf added that PTI leader Aamir Dogar had consulted him to discuss resignation, adding that PTI members had been informed of the resignation policy. He said it was important for PTI members to submit their resignations so that they could be sent for verification.
Notably, the 123 PTI members of the National Assembly resigned en masse on April 11, two days after party chairman Imran Khan was removed on a no-confidence motion, according to news reports. However, National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on April 17 ordered the Assembly Secretariat to reprocess the PTI lawmaker’s resignation and refer it to him.
Earlier on Wednesday, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said lawmakers needed to stand up and resign under the law, however, “new laws are being written for PTI every day,” according to the Tribune reports. He said PTI lawmakers had written to the National Assembly Speaker to resign, however, the reply they had received was not satisfactory. He said Aamir Dogar had spoken to the speaker’s office and party members would hold a meeting with Ashraf.
On Sunday, the National Assembly announced a clear policy on confirming the resignation of PTI members, The Tribune reported. A spokesman for the National Assembly said it was hearing again the PTI’s request for a joint appearance and acceptance of resignation.
The spokesperson further stated that it had responded to a letter dated 22 December from PTI vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, The Tribune reported. The Congress Secretariat announced that the resignation of the PTI MPs “could not” be collectively verified despite repeated requests from the party leadership to accept it. (Arnie)
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