National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Thursday accepted the resignation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ex-president Javed Hashmi, leaving the NA-149 constituency in Multan vacant.
Speaker Sadiq sent the notification to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after accepting Hashmi’s resignation.
The ex-PTI president had been elected to the National Assembly from NA-149 constituency in Multan.
He had served as president of the PTI and tendered his resignation on Monday after making a fiery speech in parliament.
Under Article 224 of the Constitution, the ECP must conduct polls on a vacant seat within 60 days of receiving a notification from National Assembly Secretariat.
According to sources, the ECP is expected to issue a poll schedule within a week.
Hashmi had contested elections from NA-48 Islamabad-I and NA-149 Multan-II and
remained victorious at both the constituencies. He decided to keep NA-149 Multan-II seat.
In Multan he had defeated Sheikh Muhammad Tariq Rasheed of PML-N by getting 83,640 winning votes against 73,898 votes polled in favour of Rasheed.
Hashmi has won the Islamabad based NA-48 seat by securing 32,533 votes. He beat Anjum Aqeel Khan of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) who had secured 13,861.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 5th, 2014.
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