NA speaker accepts Nabil Gabol's resignation

Gabol says he is happy his resignation has been accepted, and that he was not part of controversial senate elections

KARACHI: Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Thursday accepted the resignation of Nabil Gabol, formerly from the  Muttahida Qaumi Movement, from his seat, NA-246, in the National Assembly.

Speaking to The Express Tribune, Gabol confirmed receiving the notification about the acceptance of his resignation, which he said, he he was happy about.

“I am happy that my resignation has been accepted today, and that I was not part of the controversial senate elections.”

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Gabol, who also quit his party, theMQM, said that he has yet to decide which political party he would be joining.

“I am willing to join a party which is against corruption. Right now, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf speaks against a corrupt system, but it should be clear-headed about its policies. At one end, it is running a government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and at the other end, it is handing in resignations.”

He said Senate elections were rigged in K-P, while in Balochistan, the rate of one vote was Rs30 million. Gabol said it seemed the prime minister was also not interested in the elections.

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The former MNA had joined the MQM in March 2013, after a two decade association with the Pakistan Peoples Party, where he served as a parliamentarian from Lyari. For the general elections 2013, he contested from MQM’s most important seat of NA-246, which includes areas of MQM headquarters of Nine Zero.

However, he resigned on February 24, following differences with the party over issues of discipline and performance.