Islamabad: Speaker National Assembly Raja Parvez Ashraf Thursday accepted the resignation rendered by 11 MNAs of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), including Ali Muhammad Khan and Shireen Mazari.
The announcement was made on the official Twitter handle of the national assembly. It said that a notification had also been issued by the assembly secretariat regarding this development.
https://twitter.com/NAofPakistan/status/1552711107130834949?s=20&t=OHPQwFar_d_4rBF8j4CenQ
Speaker Raja Parvez Ashraf accepted the resignations by exercising the powers conferred under Clause (1) of Article 64 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
The NA Secretariat also sent a notification to the Election Commission of Pakistan.
According to the notification, the NA speaker accepted the resignations of the following PTI members:
- 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)