ISLAMABAD: Four more Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senators, including Azam Swati, have resigned from multiple Senate standing committees in protest, acting on the directives of their incarcerated party founder Imran Khan, media reported.
According to reports, Senator Dost Muhammad and Senator Zeeshan Khanzada submitted their resignations to Senate Chairman, stepping down from memberships of five committees. Both lawmakers stated that their resignations were a mark of protest and carried out on the instructions of PTI founder.
Separately, Senator Azam Khan Swati also announced his resignation from five Senate committees, including the Cabinet Committee, Economic Affairs Committee, Health Committee, Law and Justice Committee, and the Rules and Procedures Committee.
Senator Mirza Afridi likewise resigned from his committee memberships.
Azam Swati said the decision was made in line with party directives, adding that the move symbolized a protest against the current parliamentary system of Pakistan. “The committees have now become ineffective for upholding the rule of law and the Constitution,” he remarked.
Swati further confirmed that he had sent his resignation to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s parliamentary leader Ali Zafar, who will forward it to the Chairman Senate.
Earlier, Aleema Khan, sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan, revealed that he had directed party lawmakers to resign from all parliamentary committees.
Speaking to the media outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail after meeting her brother, Aleema Khan said that the former prime minister directed PTI lawmakers to quit all standing committees of the National Assembly.
Aleema Khan maintained that all of Imran Khan’s sisters got to meet him in jail after four months. About Imran Khan, she said that the PTI founder was in good health; however, ‘he was feeling a bit of pressure on his eye’.
Aleema Khan said that the PTI founder also inquired about the arrest of her sons, Shershah Khan and Shahrez Khan, who have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the attacks on Jinnah House and other incidents of arson and vandalism on May 9, 2023. –Agencies
