Qureshi said people had also supported PTI during the July 17 by-polls, and the party hopes that the masses would once again express their confidence in Imran Khan on March 16 with their votes. He said that ECP was mandated to hold elections within 90 days after seats become vacant, and it would be a violation of the constitution if they are not held on time.The PTI leader said they were not in contact with the establishment, according to The Express Tribune.
Earlier in the month, Ashraf accepted the resignations of 35 more Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers, the Dawn newspaper reported. The PTI lawmakers had resigned en masse from the lower house of the parliament after the party chief Imran Khan`s ouster from the National Assembly in April 2022. But, the National Assembly speaker Ashraf had accepted only 11 of the resignations, stating that the remaining lawmakers would be summoned individually for verification.
The resignations of Haider Ali Khan, Saleem Rehman, Sahibzada Sibghatullah, Mehboob Shah, Muhammad Bashir Khan, Junaid Akbar, Sher Akbar Khan, Ali Khan Jadoon, Engr Usman Khan Tarakai, and Mujahid Ali, were accepted among others. From the reserved seats, the resignations of Andaleeb Abbas, Asma Qadeer, Maleeka Ali Bokhari, and Munawara Bibi Baloch, were accepted, reported Dawn.
