Islamabad (Web Desk): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced that the party will seek time from National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf for the verification of their legislators’ resignations.
“A letter is being written to the speaker and he is being asked to provide a time when members of the assembly can come for the verification of resignations once again,” Fawad Ch said in a tweet.
آج اسپیکر کو خط لکھا جا رہا ہے اور کہا ہے کہ وقت بتائیں کب ممبران اسمبلی اپنے استعفوں کی تصدیق کیلئے ایک بار پھر آپ کے پاس آئیں تا کہ نیا انتخابی عمل شروع کیا جا سکے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) December 15, 2022
He also added that before the Supreme Court it was remarked that PTI MNAs were not coming to the assembly but taking their salaries.
کل سپریم کورٹ میں کہا گیا کہ تحریک انصاف کے ممبران اسمبلی نہیں آ رہے لیکن تنخواہ لے رہے ہیں، جج صاحبان کو میڈیا پر آنے والی ہر خبر کو پہلے تصدیق کے عمل سے گزارنا چاہئے حقیقت یہ ہے کہ یہ ایک اور حکومتی جھوٹ تھا مستعفٰی ممبران کی تنخواہیں معطل ہیں اور کسی ممبر کو تنخواہ نہیں مل رہی
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) December 15, 2022
“Judges should verify the reports that come on the media. The reality is that this is another lie of the government. The salaries of the resigned members are suspended and no member is getting any salary,” the former minister maintained.
The PTI lawmakers had tendered their resignations en masse after the Imran Khan government was ousted through a no-confidence motion back in April.
The PTI has claimed resignations were accepted by former deputy speaker Qasim Suri, who was the chair after Asad Qaiser's resignation.
However, once Raja Pervez Ashraf was elected as the speaker, he decided to verify the resignations by interviewing lawmakers individually.
Later, the resignations of PTI members were de-sealed and Raja accepted only 11 of them.
