Islamabad (Staff Report/Agencies): Former PTI leader and senator Faisal Vawda on Wednesday submitted his resignation to Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani.
“The seat was trust of Imran Khan,” Faisal Vawda said in a social media statement and added, “I have fulfilled my moral duty as well as to comply the Supreme Court’s order.” “I am grateful to Almighty Allah, and thanks to Imran Khan and all senators,” he maintained.
میں نے بطورسینیٹر اپنا استعفی چئیرمین سینیٹ کو پیش کر دیا ہے، یہ سیٹ عمران خان کی امانت تھی، اخلاقی طور پر اور سپریم کورٹ کے احکامات کی روشنی میں اپنا فرض ادا کر دیا، اللہ کا شکر ادا کرتا ہوں اور اس کے بعدعمران خان سمیت تمام کولیگ سینیٹرز کا شکرگزارہوں،سیاسی جدوجہد جاری رہے گی!
— Faisal Vawda (@FaisalVawdaPTI) December 28, 2022
Vawda was elected as a senator on the PTI ticket in 2018.
On December 9, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) restored the former federal minister as a senator after SC revoked his lifetime disqualification.
After the SC decision, the ECP withdrew its earlier notification of declaring Vawda’s seat from Sindh as vacant. Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) Nisar Ahmad Khuhro was elected a member of the Senate in March this year in the same seat. However, the ECP has retracted its March 15, 2022, notification of Khuhro’s victory.
Vawda was disqualified by the ECP in February this year in a dual nationality case. The former PTI leader was elected member of the upper house of the Parliament in March 2021 on a PTI ticket.
However, in line with the SC’s verdict, Vawda was to resign, and the commission to re-elect another senator to fill the seat vacated after Vawda's resignation.
