NA speaker summons PTI legislators to confirm 'verification' of resignations

Islamabad: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday summoned PTI MNAs, who had quit en bloc during the no-confidence move against their government last month, to confirm the "voluntary character and genuineness" of their resignation letters.

According to the NA spokesman, the speaker summoned the party legislators on June 6. He said total number of MNAs who had resigned stood at 131.

پی ٹی آئی کے مستعفی اراکین قومی اسمبلی اپنے استعفوں کی تصدیق کے لیے طلب۔

اسپیکر قومی اسمبلی راجہ پرویز اشرف نے پی ٹی آئی کے اراکین جنہوں نے اپنی نشستوں سے استعفی دیا تھا کو اپنے استعفوں کی تصدیق کے لیے طلب کرلیا۔

قومی اسمبلی سیکرٹیریٹ کی جانب سے مستعفی اراکین کو مراسلے جاری۔

— National Assembly of Pakistan🇵🇰 (@NAofPakistan) May 30, 2022

The lawmakers had resigned on April 11, two days after former prime minister Imran Khan was ousted from the top office after the no-confidence motion moved by the joint opposition in the parliament against him succeeded.

According to the NA spokesperson, the letters have been dispatched to the MNAs, informing them about the pre-condition of their appearance for acceptance of the resignations.

The process to verfify resignations will continue till Friday and 30 lawmakers will see the NA speaker on daily basis.

Every MNA would get five minutes to confirm that their resignations were voluntary and genuine.