NA speaker requests Altaf to withdraw motion to de-seat PTI MNAs
MQM chief assured him he would consider discussing request with party members
A file photo of National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq. PHOTO: ONLINE
ISLAMABAD:
National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq requested on Wednesday Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain to withdraw his party’s motion to de-seat Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) parliamentarians.
Sadiq spoke to Altaf via a telephonic call for about 10 minutes, after which the MQM chief assured he would consider discussing his request with party members, according to Express News.
The MQM and Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam are at the forefront of the movement against the PTI, seeking to de-seat the party’s lawmakers for remaining absent from the lower house for more than 40 days.
On Monday, in a rare show of unity, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz blocked a move to unseat the 33 federal lawmakers of PTI.
In a recent meeting with parliamentary parties, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made it clear that “we want to see the PTI in Parliament”. He requested the MQM to withdraw its motion against the PTI so that the matter could not become a record of Parliament.
Read: ‘Will lead re-election campaign myself if we are deseated from NA’
However, PTI chairman Imran Khan said he would lead the party’s re-election campaign himself if PTI members are de-seated from the National Assembly.
“I will recommend my party not to return to the assemblies,” he said while addressing the media after a party meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday. “I want to make it clear, accept our resignations and I will lead the party’s election campaign myself.”
National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq requested on Wednesday Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain to withdraw his party’s motion to de-seat Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) parliamentarians.
Sadiq spoke to Altaf via a telephonic call for about 10 minutes, after which the MQM chief assured he would consider discussing his request with party members, according to Express News.
The MQM and Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam are at the forefront of the movement against the PTI, seeking to de-seat the party’s lawmakers for remaining absent from the lower house for more than 40 days.
On Monday, in a rare show of unity, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz blocked a move to unseat the 33 federal lawmakers of PTI.
In a recent meeting with parliamentary parties, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made it clear that “we want to see the PTI in Parliament”. He requested the MQM to withdraw its motion against the PTI so that the matter could not become a record of Parliament.
Read: ‘Will lead re-election campaign myself if we are deseated from NA’
However, PTI chairman Imran Khan said he would lead the party’s re-election campaign himself if PTI members are de-seated from the National Assembly.
“I will recommend my party not to return to the assemblies,” he said while addressing the media after a party meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday. “I want to make it clear, accept our resignations and I will lead the party’s election campaign myself.”