A petition seeking to withhold the allowances, perquisite and privileges used by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legislators even after resigning from NA seats was filed in the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday. A non-government organization, United Human Rights Commission of Pakistan approached the court seeking its directives for the NA speaker to withhold the allowances and special benefits of PTI legislators. In the petition, Rana Faizul Hassan, NGO’s secretary general submitted that the expenses of the National Assembly have crossed the figure of Rs23 billion owing to the special benefits used by legislators. He said 34 PTI lawmakers had submitted their resignations to the speaker of the National Assembly, but their resignations were still not accepted. He said according to the article 64 (A) of the constitution whoever submits his or her resignation containing signature is liable to be accepted with immediate effect. Subsequently, he or she is not eligible to enjoy the benefits. He submitted PTI legislators were still getting allowances, perks and privileges even after resigning from their seats which was violation of the constitution. He pleaded to the court to issue directives for the NA speaker to withhold all benefits of PTI legislators.
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