PTI chief Imran Khan along with other party leader during 'Azadi March' in Islamabad on May 25, 2022. He had given a ruling that the resignations would only be accepted after the PTI MNAs appear in person before him and verified if they were “genuine and voluntary”. The PTI MNAs had announced en masse resignations moments before Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the new prime minister on April 11 -- a day after PTI chairman and former premier Imran Khan was voted out from the coveted slot through a no-confidence motion. After his ouster from the slot, he had asked his party’s MNAs to tender their resignations and refused to accept newly elected PM Shehbaz. Since then the majority of PTI MNAs have not attended the assembly sessions while those who did not resign are sitting on the opposition benches along with a few others.

Source: The Express Tribune July 10, 2022 09:11 UTC