ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership is deliberating over whether it should ask its lawmakers to resign from the National Assembly ahead of a planned ‘Azadi march’ in Islamabad on August 14.
Party leaders told Dawn on Saturday that such a move was being “weighed as an option”, however no formal decision has yet been taken.
“A discussion has taken place regarding the tendering of resignations. But this was only weighed as an option. No decision has been made,” senior PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi told Dawn.com.
“There is a party meeting before the parliamentary session on Aug 4, and this matter will be discussed but there is no decision on this (yet).”
Qureshi’s comments came after PTI lawmaker Engineer Hamidul Haq said that PTI chairman Imran Khan had already asked party MNAs to prepare their resignations.
Speaking to TV channels, Haq had said that the PTI parliamentary party would meet two hours before the NA session scheduled for Monday, after which PTI lawmakers would submit their resignations.
PTI leader Asad Umar also confirmed Qureshi’s version, saying that no such instructions have yet been issued by the leadership, although the move was discussed as a ‘possible option’ within the party.
Such a move may be possible if the situation arises though it would be officially announced by the party, Umar told Dawn.com.
The PTI has called for a 'million march' on Islamabad on August 14 to register its protest against alleged widespread rigging in the 2013 general elections
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