• Speaker National Assembly has accepted the resignations.
• NA Speaker sent resignations to ECP for de-notification.
• PTI had decided to resign from the NA on April 11 last year.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday de-notified 43 more Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members of the National Assembly(MNAs) after the acceptance of their resignations by NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf.

After the announcement of PTI MNAs’ return to the National Assembly, the federal government made a move to accept their resignations in an apparent bid to reduce the number of opposition lawmakers.

The de-notified PTI MNAs include Riaz Fatyana, Sardar Tariq Hussain, Mohammad Yaqub Sheikh, Murtaza Iqbal, Sardar Mohammad Khan Leghari, Zile Humma, Rukhsana Naveed, Ghazala Saifi, Nousheen Hamid, Sobia Kamal Khan, and others.

Earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) received the resignations of 43 more MNAs of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf has accepted the resignations of 43 more members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf National Assembly.

According to the details, the resignations of 43 members of PTI have been approved by the Speaker National Assembly.

The Speaker National Assembly has accepted the resignations and sent them to the Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) while also issuing instructions to de-notify the PTI members.

It is pertinent to mention here that after the announcement of PTI MNAs’ return to the National Assembly, the federal government made a move to accept their resignations in an apparent bid to reduce the strength of opposition lawmakers.

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The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had decided to resign from the National Assembly on April 11 last year, minutes before the election of Shehbaz Sharif as the new prime minister.