The Islamabad High Court (IHC) declared unconstitutional former deputy speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Suri's acceptance of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs resignations. The IHC judge also told the PTI lawyer to take the party’s request to the NA Speaker. “The deputy speaker could not have accepted the resignations collectively, contrary to the Constitution and the court's decision. The PTI lawyer still pleaded that the then deputy speaker had accepted the party members' resignations on which the court remarked that Suri’s notification was unconstitutional. As the IHC rejected former acting speaker Suri’s notification regarding the PTI MNAs' resignations unconstitutional today, the party’s lawyer argued that “if elections are to be held, they should be conducted in all 123 constituencies”.

Source: The Express Tribune September 06, 2022 21:55 UTC