Islamabad: Deposed Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday decided to resign from the National Assembly, saying he will not sit in the assembly with these corrupt people, Geo News reported.
According to sources, some members of the PTI Parliamentary Party meeting advised Imran Khan not to resign and said that he should fight the opposition in the assembly and not leave the ground empty.
On this, the former PM said, ‘We will not sit in this assembly under any circumstances, if any of you does not resign, then I will be the first member to resign from the assembly.
Referring to the nationwide protests last night, Imran Khan said that everyone must have understood the power of PTI.
Senior party leader Fawad Chaudhry confirmed on Twitter that the party has decided to resign from NA.
پاکستان تحریک انصاف کی پارلیمانی کمیٹی نے قومی اسمبلی سے مستعفیٰ ہونے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے، آج تمام اراکین اسمبلی اپنا استعفیٰ اسپیکر کو دے رہے ہیں اس کے ساتھ ہم نے غیر ملکی ایجنڈے پر ہونیوالے مقصود چپڑاسی کے نام نہاد انتخاب کا بھی حصہ بننے سے انکار کر دیا ہے۔۔۔ہم آزادی کیلئے لڑیں گے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 11, 2022
“Today, all the members of the assembly are submitting their resignations to the speaker. We will fight for freedom.”
In another major development, PTI has also decided to boycott the election of the Prime Minister, for which it has nominated former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Murad Saeed resigns
Former federal minister Murad Sayeed became the first PTI member to announce his resignation after the meeting.
The PTI leader shared his resignation on his Twitter account.
جن کی حرصِ زر، ہوس اقتدار نے میری قوم کو “بھکاری” بنایا۔ جن کی غلامانہ زہنیت نے میرے گھروں کو مقتل گاہ، میرے لوگوں کو پناہگزین میری ماں کو زندہ درگور کردیا میں ان کو اس ملک کا سربراہ مانوں؟ absolutely not یہ فیصلہ فقط میرا نہیں میرے ملک کی ۲۲ کروڑ عوام کا بھی ہے pic.twitter.com/Mqln6tfVGe
— Murad Saeed (@MuradSaeedPTI) April 11, 2022