Delayed response: Hashmi to move court on MNA’s resignations

Says resignations should be accepted immediately.

MULTAN:

Former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf president Javed Hashmi said on Saturday that he would move court against National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq for not accepting resignations of PTI lawmakers.

He was talking to newsmen before addressing a seminar.

Hashmi said that Sadiq should end the deadlock over the resignations by informing people of the country that PTI lawmakers were not willing to resign.

He said these lawmakers were using all perks associated with being National Assembly members but were not doing the duties for which they had been elected.

He said their resignations should either be accepted or it should be acknowledged that they were never serious about resigning. “If the speaker does not accept their resignations, I will move court against him,” he said.

“I had advised the PTI chairman not to use resignations against the government,” he said. “This deadlock was inevitable.

PTI’s constituents are suffering and no one is paying attention to this issue.”

Later, addressing a seminar, Hashmi said some politicians wanted Pakistan Army to take over. He said such people would always attempt to derail democracy.

Hashmi said he had accepted defeat against Amir Dogar in the by election.

“My ambitions are beyond personal gain,” he said. He said he had no interest in running for Senate and had not asked Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to back him.

He said it was unfortunate that a country founded on the principles of unity, faith and discipline had descended into chaos.

He said it was a matter of shame for the country’s leader that they had been forced to unite over the deaths of innocent children.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 8^th, 2015.