Pakistan

NA postpones resolutions seeking to de-seat PTI lawmakers

Resolutions seek to de-seat 28 PTI members who remained absent from the lower house for 40 consecutive days

Web Desk July 28, 2015

PHOTO: AFP

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly deferred on Tuesday two resolutions moved by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) to de-seat Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) parliamentarians for a week, Radio Pakistan reported.

Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah expressed his support to the advice of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to postpone voting over the issue and amicably resolve the matter outside the NA.

Read: Post-inquiry: Govt seeks PTI apology over rigging charges

“The government is acting positively on the issue and wants to resolve it with a positive mind-set,” Dar told parliamentarians.

During the NA session, the finance minister presented the agreement between the PTI and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on the constitution of the judicial inquiry commission to probe alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections.

Dar also presented the judicial commission’s report before Parliament for discussion.

Earlier, the resolution was momentarily deferred upon the request of Shah who wished to discuss the issue with the finance minister.

However, some parliamentarians were in no mood to spare the PTI lawmakers of harsh criticism and demanded that the PTI MNAs be de-seated immediately.

Read: Lawyers urge PTI to stop maligning judges over inquiry commission’s report

MQM lawmakers Asif Hasnain, Kunwar Naveed Jamil and Rashid Godail said this is not a petty issue and should be resolved according to the law and Constitution.

However, MNAs Jamshed Dasti and Sahibzada Tariqullah urged JUI-F and MQM to withdraw their resolutions for the sake of democracy.

Further, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai suggested that action should also be taken against the MQM over their support to dharna.

"MQM should apologise over their support to dharna participants," he demanded.

In response, MQM leader Abdul Rashid Godail clarified that his party only arranged food for dharna participants on humanitarian grounds.

Meanwhile, senior PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi demanded that a decision on the resolutions be taken immediately.

Read: Imran’s poll rigging drive must be probed: Iftikhar Chaudhry

The PTI leader said demands were made that PTI lawmakers should come to Parliament and play their role, and they now want to play a positive role as their party had already accepted the decision of the judicial commission.

COMMENTS (8)

Ali | 9 years ago | Reply @Ch. Allah Daad: Village idiots are out as well

xor | 9 years ago | Reply So they want to deseat because of PTI efforts ECP exposed badly? Everyone now knows the loophole in election process.The loophole which benefited StatusQuo time after time. We are thankful to PTI and IK of their efforts in exposing ECP.

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sunny | 9 years ago | Reply National Assembly has done nothing for the people of Pakistan since its existence .PTI should quit NA and come into people of Pakistan.Look at government hospitals,schools,colleges,PIA, and other institutions,you will get the answer of National Assemble benefits.Please PTI QUIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLE.

raider | 9 years ago | Reply @MMB: i second you, slave and clients find imran as abuse of society because he talks about their freedom and does not loot money from, national exchequer,

Umer | 9 years ago | Reply @MMB: You truly represent the sentiments of us Insafian! Always labaik on the call of Kaptaan! Love live Khan! Love live PTI!

Ch. Allah Daad | 9 years ago | Reply PTI trolls are out again from their holes. Shame for them is like a headache, which goes away after few hours.

excalibur | 9 years ago | Reply Musharraf's Presidential reference sent to the Judicial Council in 2007 was never investigated and the sly Chaudhry Aitezaz had got it inadmissible for hearing on ' technical grounds' Divine intervention showed later when each and every charge was proved against Iftekhar in reality and his supporters saw his true face albeit a bit too late The same thing has now happened with the Enquiry Commission shying away from calling a rigged election what it clearly is and protected their petiband ROs and DROs alongwith Ramday and Iftekhar Judiciary is also corrupt

MMB | 9 years ago | Reply In or out the parliment, PTI has won the hearts. Of you kick them out they will be the winners, if you keep them they will be the winners. If the most respected polititian in Pkaistan ever (Javed Hashmi) could not damage Imran Khan even slightly but got destroyed himself, than do you think de-seating them or JC decision will damage. Even after the decision of JC people who were not supporting PTI are forced to think that PTI was right. This country has no justice left, whole country, every signle man, woman, kid have seen rigging with their own eyes on cameras and JC term it as a fair election. Joke of the centurey and even bigger reason to support PTI whether they are in or outside of the parliment. Imran Khan, you were, you are and you will always be the real hero and leader of Pakistan. Your one call and we are ready to anything for you because we only trust and no one else.

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