Pakistan
PTI issues show-cause notices to 14 party dissidents
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has served show-cause notice, signed by party Secretary General Asad Umar, to 14 dissident members on Saturday
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has served show-cause notice, signed by party Secretary General Asad Umar, to 14 dissident members on Saturday.
According to sources, the show cause notice sought clarification from the deviant members.
Reports quoting sources said the dissident members have been given seven days to apologize and return to the party fold unconditionally.
Apparently, the decision was taken during PTI’s political committee meeting which met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday.
Sources revealed that a legal action will be taken against those fellows who do not respond within 7 days.
The notices have been issued to 14 MNAs, including Noor Alam Khan (NA-27 Peshawar-I), Dr. Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla (NA-98 Bhakkar-II), Nawab Sher (NA-102 Faisalabad-II), Raja Riaz Ahmed (NA-110 Faisalabad-X), Ahmed Hussain Deharr (NA-154 Multan-I), Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon (NA-159 Multan-VI), Muhammad Abdul Ghafar Wattoo (NA-166 Bahawalnagar-I), Makhdoom Zada Syed Basit Ahmed Sultan (NA-185 Muzaffargarh-V), Aamir Talal Gopang (NA-186 Muzaffargarh-VI), Khawja Sheraz Mehmood (NA-189 D.G.Khan-I), Sardar Riaz Mehmood Khan Mazari (NA-195 Rajanpur-III), Wajiha Qamar, Nuzhat Pathan, Ramesh Kumar Vankwani
It may be recalled that a day earlier, Raja Riaz, a disgruntled member of ruling party, had claimed that there were about 24 PTI members in Sindh House Islamabad.