ISLAMABAD: Three MNAs of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have challenged the acceptance of their resignation in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
The PTI MNAs, including former finance minister Asad Umar, Ali Nawaz Awan and Khurram Shehzad filed a plea in the court. The plea was filed by Barrister Ali Zafar on behalf of PTI MNAs, challenging the acceptance of their resignations by NA speaker.
The plea filed in the court urged to suspend the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECPs) and speaker national assembly’s notification.
The federal government, speaker and secretary and speaker of the national assembly and ECP have been made respondents in the case.
The ECP accepted few of the PTI members’ resignations on January 17 but the ECP was supposed to denotify 123 MNAs.