ISLAMABAD: The day after former resolution party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced hold protests across the country outside offices of Election Committee of Pakistan (ECP) against ‘anti-PTI and biased chief election commissioner’, body Monday, decides to call 46 dissident MPs from PTI – 20 MNA on Thursday and 26 MPA Punjab Assembly on coming May 6 – for hearing their cases under Section 63-A.
decision He was taken in held a high-level meeting of the ECP chaired by over Chief Commissioner for Elections Sikandar Sultan Raja.
The meeting confirmed that cases of dissident PTI legislators sent by speakers of NA and PA were obtained by ECP, and fixed hearings in cases on April 28 and May 6, respectively.
ESP also reviewed letters sent to the ECP by the PTI chairman, and former prime minister Imran Khan, in which he briefed the electoral body that all PTI MNA elected on generaland also, reserved seats for women and minorities stepped down (PTI priority lists on reserved seats removed) and the defectors should be continued against in accordance with Article 63-A.
The meeting was of in view that ECP did not receive any notifications of Resignation of PTI MNA as Speaker of the NA. Actions will be triggered as soon as relevant notifications of NA Speaker’s resignation letter office, the meeting decided. Article 63-A transactions with desertion of these legislators who vote against their partyx direction in elections of prime minister/ main minister, vote of confidence/ vote of no-confidence and money bill.
Previously on Sunday, PTI announced hold protests across the country outside offices of ESP today against “anti-PTI and the biased CEC”.
announcement a decisive quarrel ensued of PTI Political Committee led by of PTI Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
PTI chairman demanded immediate resignation on Saturday of CEC Raja, blaming him of working against PTI. BUT media the report quotes the CEC as stating that it will not step down.
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