PTI MPAs Shar, Abro issued notices for ‘violating party discipline’

Party's disciplinary committee termed their actions ahead of Senate polls as ‘against party policy and constitution’

KARACHI:

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) issued show-cause notices on Thursday to two of its Sindh Assembly members for violating the party discipline in the run-up to yesterday's Senate polls.

PTI MPA Aslam Abro and Shehr Yar Shar were issued the notices by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Central Standing Committee on Discipline and Accountability Salman Aftab.

The disciplinary committee issued the MPAs notices for making accusations against party leadership "which went viral on social, print and electronic media". Their actions were labelled as being against the PTI's policy and its constitution.

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As per the notification, the matter has been referred to the PTI's Western Region Standing Committee on Discipline and Accountability for taking action against the two MPAs within seven days.

The notice comes two days after the heated Sindh Assembly session that left lawmakers from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and PTI close to blows.

The two opposing parties hurled accusations against each other after PTI MPA Karim Bux Gabool alleged that the PTI had awarded tickets for the polls in exchange for money.

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Gabool and Shar had also released videos on social media stating that they would not be voting for their party's candidates and that they would vote in favour of the PPP candidates.

Following months of tension between the two parties over Senate elections, the PPP bagged majority of the Senate seats in Sindh on Wednesday, with the joint opposition comprising the PTI, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) managing to get elected on just four out of 11 seats.