Pakistan: PTI MNAs to spill beans on ‘forced resignations’: report

Pakistan today

A report in local English daily, Express Tribune, Monday claimed that disgruntled members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will prove before the speaker of the National Assembly that their resignations were forced.

The report quoted a PTI MNA, who wished to remain anonymous, that NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq had 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,” said the report.

While a majority of the party MNAs submitted their resignations, some including Gulzar Khan, Musarrat Ahmedzeb and Nasir Khattak refused to step down from the public office.

The report also quoted a founding member of PTI, Akbar Babar who said that Imran Khan needs to take a look at the recent intra-party polls instead of demanding transparent elections in the country.

“The party elections were ‘nothing more than a farce’,” he claimed, adding that 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.”