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KARACHI: Former Members of National Assembly (MNAs) belonging to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi have approached Sindh High Court (SHC) against the acceptance of their resignations by National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf.

This comes within a week after the Lahore High Court (LHC) suspended Election Commission of Pakistan’s notification of de-notifying PTI Members of National Assembly from Punjab, and staying by-elections on their seats. The LHC also directed the NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to submit his reply till March 7 in this case of accepting resignations of PTI MNAs.

Also read: LHC suspends ECP’s notification of de-notifying PTA MNAs

In their petition filed here on Saturday, they took the ground that after the LHC verdict, the speaker could not issue any notification regarding acceptance of the resignations. The petitioners prayed the SHC to suspend the ECP notifications as case is already pending in Lahore High Court (LHC).

Also read: On LHC orders, ECP suspends by-polls on 27 NA seats

It may be recalled that a total of 123 PTI MNAs had resigned en masse on April 11 last year after the success of a no-confidence motion against their party chairman and then prime minister Imran Khan.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday approached the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking postponement of March 16 by-polls on nine Karachi National Assembly (NA) seats.

The former PTI Karachi MNAS wrote a letter to the election watchdog to postpone by-polls in nine Karachi constituencies in light of LHC verdict on PTI MNAs’ resignations.