The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday suspended National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf\u2019s acceptance of the resignations of 43 PTI lawmakers and put by-elections in 43 constituencies on hold.<\/p>\n
The court order was pronounced by Justice Shahid Karim on a petition filed by PTI\u2019s Riaz Fatyana and 42 other MNAs against the NA speaker\u2019s acceptance of their resignations and the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s de-notification orders.<\/p>\n
The ECP had de-notified 123 MNAs (including reserved seats), following the acceptance of resignations by the speaker.<\/p>\n
During the hearing today, PTI lawyer Ali Zafar contended that PTI MNAs had withdrawn their resignation before the NA speaker had accepted them.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce the resignations are retracted, the speaker has no power to accept them [\u2026] this shows that the acceptance of the resignations is against the law and based on malice,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n
Zafar further said that the NA speaker\u2019s order was contrary to the rules set by the Supreme Court, claiming that Ashraf had only accepted the resignation to take \u201cpolitical revenge\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe never called PTI MNAs and asked them their stance,\u201d he pointed out and requested the court to declare the speaker\u2019s order null and void.<\/p>\n
Subsequently, the court suspended Ashraf\u2019s decision and the ECP\u2019s de-notification order. Justice Karim also issued notices to the federal government and the electoral body and instructed them to submit their responses on the matter at the next hearing.<\/p>\n
PTI lawmakers whose resignations have been suspended<\/p>\n
Muhammad Riaz Khan Fatyana
\nNasrullah Khan Dreshak
\nTahir Sadiq
\nZulfiqar Ali Khan
\nHaji Imtiaz Chowdry
\nMalik Muhammad Ehsan Ullah Tiwana
\nRaza Nasrullah
\nMuhammad Mehboob Sultan
\nMuhammad Ameer Sultan
\nRai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal
\nMian Muhammad Shafiq
\nMuhammad Farooq Azam Malik
\nJaved Iqbal Warakh
\nMuhammad Shabbir Ali Qureshi
\nNiaz Ahmed
\nKhwaja Sheraz Mehmood
\nSardar Mohammad Khan Leghari
\nRukhsana Naveed
\nSeemin Bukhari
\nMunaza Hassan
\nNusrat Wahid
\nFauzia Behram
\nTashfeen Safdar
\nLal Chand
\nJai Parkash
\nJamshed Thomas
\nMalik Anwar Taj
\nMohammad Yaqoob Sheikh
\nGhazala Saifi
\nSyma Nadeem
\nNaureen Farooque Khan
\nUzma Riaz
\nShaheen Niaz Saifullah
\nGul Zafar Khan
\nJawad Hussain
\nRahat Amanullah Bhatti
\nSobia Kamal Khan
\nNausheed Hamid
\nRubina Jamil
\nNafeesa Inayatullah Khattak
\nSajida Zulfqar
\nZile Huma
\nShunila Ruth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday suspended National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf\u2019s acceptance of the resignations of 43 PTI lawmakers and put by-elections in 43 constituencies on hold. The court order was pronounced by Justice Shahid Karim on a petition filed by PTI\u2019s Riaz Fatyana and 42 other MNAs against the NA speaker\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-312505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n