Verification of resignations: NA speaker to summon PTI MNAs in chamber one by one   

NA Speaker to summon MNAs in his chamber one by one as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) decided to have its parliamentarians' resignations verified in person.

The National Assembly Secretariat Thursday notified that Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will again summon the party's MNAs in his chamber one by one as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) decided to have its parliamentarians' resignations verified in person.

The NA Secretariat stated the speaker will again invite PTI MNAs for verification of their resignation in pursuance of Paragraph (b) of Sub-Rule (2) of Rule 43 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in NA, 2007.

It also responded to PTI Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi's letter which he wrote on December 15. The NA speaker received a letter from Qureshi for an appointment for putting across PTI’s request for acceptance of all resignations and it would be responded to the due course after careful consideration.

The speaker had said that PTI lawmakers convey messages to him not to accept their resignations.

The PTI decided that its lawmakers would take their written resignations to the speaker in person and ask him to verify them. The party's sources confirmed that their 123 MNAs take their resignations on December 22.