The Lahore High Court on Monday suspended the Election Commission of Pakistan’s de-notification of all PTI MNAs from Punjab.
The PTI had resigned en masse from the lower house of parliament following the ouster of PTI chief Imran Khan in April last year.
Subsequently, NA speaker Ashraf accepted only 11 of the resignations, stating that the remaining lawmakers would be summoned individually for verification.
After stalling the process for eight months, Ashraf had on Jan 17, challenged the acceptance of their resignations as MNAs by NA speaker.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had announced resignations from the National Assembly on April 11 last year, minutes before the election of Shehbaz Sharif as the new prime minister.—INP
