The Accountability Committee of the ruling party has cancelled the basic membership of Uzma Kardar, asking her to also immediately resign from the Punjab Assembly, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Announcing its decision on the appeal filed by Uzma Kardar against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) committee’s earlier decision, the accountability panel on Saturday held that by speaking to a journalist on phone against top party leaders Uzma Kardar has violated the party constitution.

According to the detailed verdict, the PTI panel ruled that Uzma had damaged the party credibility and the action taken against her was in accordance with clause 3 of the party constitution.

When contacted, Uzma Kardar expressed about the PTI Committee’s decision, saying “I have no knowledge about any such decision.”

Earlier, Uzma Kardar had sought permission of the party to file a case against people involved in recording and leaking her phone calls which became the reason for her removal from PTI.

PTI’s committee on order and accountability had terminated Kardar’s party membership on July 5 and had given her seven days to prove herself innocent against the allegations on her.

Uzma Kardar had claimed that the audio leak being used against her was morphed and she was being targeted by conspirators. She had said that the conversation was of a personal nature and the person on the other line was muted in the leak.

She further stated in her rebuttal to the allegation against her that her rights as a citizen had been usurped by means of leaking a personal call. “I would like permission from the political party to approach the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) to probe the matter further,” said Kardar.

“Legal clauses were ignored in the intra-party inquiry carried out against me as there was no formal application filed.”

“I tried apologizing to PTI for the audio leak but my attempts were in vain and the party leadership rejected my apology and asked me to resign from my provincial assembly chair which I won on the party’s ticket. I was also told that if I did not resign then the party will take the matter to the Election Commission of Pakistan and have me removed as an MPA.”