Spilling the beans: ‘PTI lawmakers will tell NA speaker resignations were forced’
MNAs to meet Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday to verify signatures on resignation letters.
PESHAWAR:
Disgruntled members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will prove before the speaker of the National Assembly that their resignations were forced, revealed an MNA from the party.
The lawmaker, requesting anonymity, told The Express Tribune National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq asked PTI lawmakers to appear before him on Tuesday and verify signatures on their resignation letters.
“Things will be made clear as MNAs will meet the speaker one on one.” While a majority of the party MNAs submitted their resignations, some, including Gulzar Khan, Musarrat Ahmedzeb and Nasir Khattak, refused to do the same.
PTI leaders demand intra-party polls
A founding member of PTI, Akbar Babar said Imran Khan needs to take a look at the recent intra-party polls instead of demanding transparent elections in the country. He said the party elections were “nothing more than a farce”. He told The Express Tribune party tickets were sold just like fish in a market.
Some founding members met with disgruntled party lawmakers to discuss the ongoing situation. Babar said the meeting will discuss ways to release the party from the clutches of those who “hijacked it”. “It has become a one-man show and the party constitution does not allow that.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 22nd, 2014.
Disgruntled members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will prove before the speaker of the National Assembly that their resignations were forced, revealed an MNA from the party.
The lawmaker, requesting anonymity, told The Express Tribune National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq asked PTI lawmakers to appear before him on Tuesday and verify signatures on their resignation letters.
“Things will be made clear as MNAs will meet the speaker one on one.” While a majority of the party MNAs submitted their resignations, some, including Gulzar Khan, Musarrat Ahmedzeb and Nasir Khattak, refused to do the same.
PTI leaders demand intra-party polls
A founding member of PTI, Akbar Babar said Imran Khan needs to take a look at the recent intra-party polls instead of demanding transparent elections in the country. He said the party elections were “nothing more than a farce”. He told The Express Tribune party tickets were sold just like fish in a market.
Some founding members met with disgruntled party lawmakers to discuss the ongoing situation. Babar said the meeting will discuss ways to release the party from the clutches of those who “hijacked it”. “It has become a one-man show and the party constitution does not allow that.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 22nd, 2014.