Dissident PTI members asked to clarify position within one week: Fawad

Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain Sunday said notices have been issued to dissident Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members and they have been asked to clarify their position within seven days.

In a tweet, the minister said after one week, the seats of all these members will be declared vacant and they will be disqualified for life.

The Minister said new members are being nominated for the reserved seats.

تحریک انصاف کے منحرف اراکین کو نوٹس جاری کئے گئے ہیں اور سات دن کے اندر پوزیشن واضع کرنے کا کہا ہے ایک ہفتے بعد ان کی نشستوں کو خالی قرار دینے کی کاروائ ہوگی اور تمام اراکین تاحیات نااھل ہوں گے مخصوص نشستوں پر نئے ممبران نامزد کیے جارہے ہیں

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 20, 2022

Yesterday, PTI served show-cause notice, signed by party Secretary General Asad Umar, to 14 dissident members on Saturday.

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.