Islamabad:
The legislators of Pakistan Tehreek-E-insaf (PTI) launched a campaign to resign in mass of the permanent committees of the National Assembly, in accordance with the directive of the founder of the Imran Khan Party.
The president of the PTI, the lawyer Gohar Ali Khan, submitted 18 resignations to the speaker’s office, marking the large -scale withdrawal of the opposition legislators of parliamentary committees.
The lawyer Gohar himself has resigned from four key committees – law and justice, human rights, information technology and the consultative committee of the chamber affairs. He also submitted resignations on behalf of other members of the PTI.
Those who have left presidents and memberships include Junaid Akbar, Sahibzada Saifullah, Mahboob Shah, Shahzada Gustasab, Ali Jadoon, Mujahid Ali, Malik Anwar Taj, Fazal Muhammad Khan, Sajid Khan, Arbab Amir Ayub Sahi, Malik Amir Dogar, Shabbir Ali Qureshi And Awais Jhakkar.
The high leaders of the PTI Shehryar Afridi, Mobeen Arif Jatt, Usama Maila and Sher Afzal Marwat also resigned. Afridi left two committees, while Mobeen Jatt has resigned from the Commercial, Finance and Industries committees.
Earlier, Junaid Akbar gave up his post as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), while the PTI secretary, Sheikh Waqas Akram, left PAC and the Information Committee.
Confirming his decision on X, Akram said: “Following the instructions of our Imran Khan chief, I submitted my resignation this morning to the public accounts committee and the information committee.”
Likewise, Malik Amir Dogar, in his resignation note published on X, declared an unshakable loyalty to Imran Khan: “I resign from this from the permanent committees of the National Assembly in accordance with the directive of my true independence from Pakistan and the People’s Service.”
The party initiates confirmed that all resignations had been submitted to the Secretariat of the National Assembly after consultation with the management of the PTI.
The mass resignation directive comes after the Pakistan Electoral Commission (ECP) disqualified several PTI leaders following their conviction in the cases related to the riots of May 9.
Observers say that the wave of resignations should have a significant impact on the operation and performance of parliamentary committees.
