PTI MPA Sheikh Imtiaz resigns from PA standing committees

On the directives of PTI founder Imran Khan, MPA Sheikh Imtiaz Mahmood has resigned from Punjab Assembly standing committees. Sheikh Imtiaz Mahmood resigns from Local Government and Community Development committees. He send resignation of standing committee to Speaker's office. Sheikh Imtiaz Mahmood is among 3 opposition members suspended.

I am resigning from committees on the instructions of PTI founder PTI, text of the resign read. 

Earlier, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Thursday that party founder Imran Khan has ordered the party’s lawmakers to resign from the chairmanships and memberships of standing committees in the Punjab Assembly.

Speaking to the media on Thursday outside Adiala Jail after meeting Imran, Barrister Gohar said: “ Imran Khan has issued a direction regarding Punjab. We have 107 MPAs in Punjab and we have around 14 standing committees. Khan has also issued the directive for Punjab that our party members will resign from the memberships and chairmanships of standing committees, the way we have in the National Assembly and Senate.”

To a question about speculation of him being removed as the party chairman a day after Ali Amin Gandapur was told to step down as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, Gohar rubbished the entire matter as “just rumours” and said the party was stable with no issue over the chairmanship. “There is no issue of my chairmanship.’’

On developments about the KP chief minister’s position, Gohar said Imran Khan praised Gandapur as ’’one of my few loyal allies“ and that he was a strong party member but the PTI founder had a strong stance regarding terrorism that any operation against it without a political strategy would fail. 

He said Imran Khan wished for the transition in the KP government to be completed as quickly as possible, adding that the cabinet would continue but the party founder would finalise the names once the new government was formed.