ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday confirmed the acceptance of his party 123 MNAs’ resignations and appraised those whose resignations have been accepted by Acting Speaker Qasim Khan Suri.
Taking to Twitter, Imran Khan lauded his MNAs for tendering their resignations.
“Want to appreciate our 123 MNAs as their resignations have been accepted by Speaker Qasim Suri. Their standing firm for a sovereign Pak & against US-initiated regime change bringing to power criminals, convicted & on bail — the ultimate insult to any self-respecting indep[endent] nation.” He said in his tweet.
After being removed from the office, the former premier asked his MNAs to tender their resignations and refused to accept the newly elected premier, saying “there can’t be any bigger insult to this country”.
Responding to the call of the former prime minister, PTI’s MNAs tendered their resignations to the deputy speaker of the National Assembly hours before the election of Shehbaz Sharif as the new prime minister.
The decision was reportedly made during the PTI’s parliamentary party meeting on April 11.
Sources privy to the matter quoted Khan as saying: “We will not sit in this Assembly under any circumstances.”
He said that PTI will not sit in the Assembly with the “people who have robbed Pakistan” and who have been “imported by foreign forces”.
It is worth mentioning that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) can hold the by-elections at any given point and it is not bound by any time limit.
