Islamabad
\nThe Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s (PTI) decision to disengage from the parliamentary process expanded to the Senate this week, as party-backed senators began resigning from standing committees in line with directives issued by party founder Imran Khan.
\nFollowing the departure of several PTI lawmakers from National Assembly committees last week, Senator Mirza Muhammad Afridi confirmed his resignation from five key Senate standing committees, including Commerce, Industries and Production, Education, Energy, and Inter-Provincial Coordination.
\nSpeaking on the decision, Senator Afridi stated that he was stepping down on the instructions of the party\u2019s founder. \u201cI am relinquishing my committee memberships in compliance with the directive issued by the party\u2019s founder,\u201d he said in a brief statement.
\nHe was joined by senior PTI leader and former federal minister Senator Azam Khan Swati, who also resigned from five Senate committees \u2014 Cabinet, Economic Affairs, Health, Law and Justice, and Rules and Procedure.
\nIn a strongly worded statement, Swati described the move as a protest against the existing parliamentary system. \u201cThese resignations are meant to register our opposition to a system that has lost its ability to uphold constitutional order and the rule of law,\u201d he said. Swati added that he had submitted his resignation to PTI\u2019s parliamentary leader in the Senate, Senator Ali Zafar, who would forward them to the Senate Chairman.
\nThe resignations follow a clear directive issued by PTI founder Imran Khan just a day earlier, instructing all PTI-affiliated senators to step down from their respective committee roles.
\nThe move is widely seen as part of the party\u2019s broader political strategy to signal its rejection of what it claims is a manipulated and illegitimate parliamentary setup.
\nThe Senate resignations come on the heels of a similar exodus in the National Assembly, where the party began its withdrawal from committees last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s (PTI) decision to disengage from the parliamentary process expanded to the Senate this week, as party-backed senators began resigning from standing committees in line with directives issued by party founder Imran Khan. Following the departure of several PTI lawmakers from National Assembly committees last week, Senator Mirza Muhammad Afridi confirmed his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-502229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n