National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf accepted the resignations today (Friday) of another 35 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MNAs, just days after accepting the resignations of nearly three dozen of the party’s lawmakers.
After stalling the process for eight months, the NA speaker had, on Tuesday, accepted the resignations of 34 more PTI MNAs, and of Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid, as Khan hinted he could “test” prime minister Shehbaz Sharif through a confidence vote.
The PTI had resigned en masse from the lower house of parliament following the ouster of PTI chief Imran Khan in April last year. NA speaker Ashraf accepted only 11 of the resignations, stating that the remaining lawmakers would be summoned individually for verification.
The total number of PTI MNAs whose resignations have been accepted stands at 81 so far.
