LHC suspends NA speaker’s notice of accepting resignations of 43 PTI lawmakers
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday suspended a notice issued by the National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf of accepting resignations submitted by 43 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members of National Assembly (MNAs).
The court also temporarily halted the scheduled by-elections in 43 constituencies in the months to come as a result of the order.
After hearing a petition from 43 PTI MNAs challenging the notification issued by NA Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf on January 22 and the subsequent order by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECPs) to de-notify these lawmakers on January 25, the LHC’s Justice Shahid Karim issued the order.
Before the petition was approved, the MNAs argued in it that they had withdrawn their resignations.
The speaker cannot accept the resignation after it has been withdrawn; It grew.
In addition, the petition stated that the resignations were accepted as political retaliation and that the speaker did not also ask the departing members to appear in person before accepting their resignations.
After that, the court has stopped the by-elections in 43 constituencies and suspended the resignation notices; for the moment.
