Rreferences against 20 dissidents MNAs from PTI have been sent to Election Commission (EC).
National Assembly (NA) secretariat sources have confirmed that reference sent by PTI against its 20 dissident members was received by it which was required to be sent to EC within two days. Therefore reference has been sent to EC to meet the constitutional requirement. The EC will decide about the reference within 30 days
These members are charged with violating the directives of party leadership. They sat on opposition benches and announced to cast vote against party policies.
The dissident members against whom references have been sent are Raja Riaz Ahmad, Noor Alam Khan, Wajih Qamar, Malik Nawab Sher Wasir, Ramesh Kumar, Afzal Dhandhla, Ahmad Hussin Dehar. Rana Qasim Noon, Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo, Makhdoom Basit Bukhari, Amir Talal, Sardar Riaz Mehmood Khan, Nuzhat Pathan, Syed Mubin Ahmad, Amjid Farooq Khosa, Syed Sami ul Hassan Gillani, Amir Liaqat Hussain, Javeria Zafar, Asim Nazir and Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf.
It may be mentioned these dissidents have not cast vote in favor of no confidence resolution. They have also not cast vote in the election of Shahbaz Sharif for the office of Prime Minister.
These members have said they have not violated the party policy therefore, they will defend them in disqualification references against them.
