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ISLAMABAD: National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Parvez Ashraf will once again summon Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs, who had submitted resignations earlier this year, for verification.
In the letter issued by the National Assembly (NA) to PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the Secretariat mentioned Rule 43 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business, 2007 as the legislation requiring the speaker to satisfy himself that the “letter of resignation is voluntary and genuine”.
The letter – shared on Twitter – further stated that the PTI MNAs were given time from June 6 to 10 to confirm the genuineness of their resignation in person but “none of them came for verification of their resignations”.
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Without giving any date, the letter stated, NA Speaker shall once again invite the MNAs concerned to appear “one by one for verification of their resignations”.
It is pertinent to mention here that Shah Mahmood Qureshi had penned down a letter to National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, urging him to verify the remaining resignations of party lawmakers.
The former federal minister wrote a letter to NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, noting that party MNAs can return to National Assembly for verification of their resignations.