ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Secretariat on Sunday negated the news that Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri has resigned from his offices.
The news started circulating in the media about Suri’s resignation soon after the NA Speaker Asad Qaiser resigned ahead of voting on the no-trust motion against former Prime Minister Imran Khan on the night between Saturday and Sunday.
Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri didn’t resign and he will chair the National Assembly session on Monday as an Acting Speaker, NA Secretariat clarified after Acting Speaker Suri today visited the National Assembly Secretariat.
It is pertinent to mention here that former speaker Asad Qaisar yesterday while showing the threatening letter in the National Assembly and offered,” I have the letter if anyone wants to see it?”
“It is my constitutional duty to protect the state of Pakistan, it might be my last session of the house to chair,” he said. “I am bound on oath for the constitution of Pakistan”. “We have to stand for our sovereignty”, he said.
After Asad Qaisar’s stepping down, the speaker’s seat was held by the member of the panel of chair Ayaz Sadiq, who conducted voting on the no-confidence motion. At the same time news regarding Suri’s resignation also started circulating in the media.
