Imran Khan, who heads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) birthday birthday celebration, has determined to contest the by-elections to 33 seats withinside the National Assembly in March, The Express Tribune stated bringing up senior birthday birthday celebration chief Shah Mahmood Qureshi. “We have determined to take part withinside the bypolls and Imran Khan will contest from all seats,” Mr Qureshi introduced Sunday.
Earlier, on Friday, The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) introduced that bypolls to the 33 seats might be hung on March sixteen. The seats fell vacant after Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf widespread the resignations of PTI lawmakers.
PTI chief Fawad Chaudhry had already introduced in advance this month the birthday birthday celebration leader’s choice to contest by-elections on all vacant National Assembly seats, in line with The Express Tribune.
“Tehreek-e-Insaf will contest elections on all of the seats and Imran Khan can be the candidate of Tehreek-e-Insaf on those 33 seats,” Mr Chaudhry had stated in a declaration on Twitter on January 17.
Mr Qureshi stated human beings had additionally supported PTI all through the July 17 bypolls, and the birthday birthday celebration hopes that the hundreds might once more explicit their self belief in Imran Khan on March sixteen with their votes.
He stated that ECP become mandated to maintain elections inside ninety days after seats grow to be vacant, and it might be a contravention of the charter if they may be now no longer hung on time.
The PTI chief stated they have been now no longer in touch with the establishment, in line with The Express Tribune.
Earlier withinside the month, Mr Ashraf widespread the resignations of 35 extra PTI lawmakers, the Dawn newspaper stated.
The PTI lawmakers had resigned en masse from the decrease residence of the parliament after the birthday birthday celebration leader Imran Khan’s ouster from the National Assembly in April 2022.
But, Mr Ashraf had widespread simplest eleven of the resignations, declaring that the ultimate lawmakers might be summoned for my part for verification.
After stalling the procedure for 8 months, Mr Ashraf, widespread the resignations of 34 extra PTI lawmakers and of Awami Muslim League leader Sheikh Rashid because the birthday birthday celebration hinted it might “test” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with a self belief vote.
Now, the entire variety of PTI lawmakers whose resignations had been widespread stands at 80, the Pakistan-primarily based totally information portal stated.
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, have been widespread amongst others.
From the reserved seats, the resignations of Andaleeb Abbas, Asma Qadeer, Maleeka Ali Bokhari, and Munawara Bibi Baloch, have been widespread, stated Dawn.