LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior member Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said that, if the National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf declines the resignations of PTI MNAs then the party will approach Supreme Court (SC).
Fawad Chaudhry maintained that Speaker’s absence is hindering confirmation of PTI MNA’s resignations adding that, if the speaker doesn’t accept the resignations, PTI will take the case to the supreme court.
He maintained that, despite dense fog in Punjab, 100 assembly members reached Islamabad, but there is no sign of the NA speaker, adding to this he said, sources confirmed that he is in Larkana and will later travel to Australia.
The former minister reminded the Speaker that tendering resignation is a lawmaker’s constitutional right. “You have to confirm all the resignations and announce snap polls in the country,” said Fawad Chaudhry. While mocking Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to which the Speaker belongs, Fawad maintained that party which is not able to conduct the local body elections, how can they help hold the exercise on country-level.
