ECP de-notifies 35 more PTI MNAs following acceptance of their resignations

Islamabad: After acceptance of resignations by NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday de-notified 35 more Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members of the National Assembly (MNAs).

The Election watchdog also issued a notification according to which 31 general and four reserved seats of the National Assembly were now deemed vacant.

#ECP de-notifies the following Members of National Assembly of Pakistan with immediate effect pic.twitter.com/0vxbwstRJO

— Election Commission of Pakistan (OFFICIAL) (@ECP_Pakistan) January 20, 2023

The PTI lawmakers who were de-notified by the ECP include Dr Haider Ali Khan (NA-2), Saleem Rehman (NA-3), Sahibzada Sibghatullah (NA-5), Mehboob Shah (NA-6), Muhammad Bashir Khan (NA-7), Junaid Akbar (NA-8), Sher Akbar Khan (NA-9). Ali Khan Jadoon (NA-16), Engr Usman Khan Tarakai (NA-19), Mujahid Ali (NA-20), Arbab Amir Ayub (NA-28), Sher Ali Arbab (NA-30), Shahid Ahmed (NA-34), Gul Dad Khan (NA-40), Sajid Khan (NA-42), Mohammad Iqbal Khan (NA-44), Aamer Mehmood Kiani (NA-61), Syed Faiz ul Hassan (NA-70), Chaudhry Shoukat Ali Bhab (NA-87), Umar Aslam Khan (NA-93), Amjad Ali Khan (NA-96), Khurram Shahzad (NA-107) and others.

Earlier in the day, National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf accepted the resignations of 35 more PTI MNAs amid reports that President Arif Alvi was all set to ask Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take a vote of confidence from the lower house of the parliament.

“In accordance with clause (1) of Article 64 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, read with Rule 43 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly of Pakistan 2007, the Hon’ble Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan has been pleased to accept the resignations of the following Members of the National Assembly with effect from April 11, 2022, the date when the letter of respective resignations was submitted,”  read the statement released by the National Assembly Secretariat.