ISLAMABAD (National Times) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) two days after registrar of the Supreme Court (SC) returned PTI’s petition against the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) verdict in the case of phased acceptance of the resignations given by its 123 members of the National Assembly (MNAs) with objections, the party on Thursday again challenged the high court’s decision in the apex court

Making NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and others respondents in the case, the party argued that the IHC’s verdict was contrary to the facts, and that acceptance of the resignations by the NA speaker in phases was unconstitutional.

It was stated in the petition that the PTI lawmakers had resigned from their seats en masse following the passage of no-trust motion against their government on April 10, 2022 in order to seek fresh public mandate.

“And that former NA deputy speaker Qasim Suri had accepted these resignations on the floor of the House before himself calling it a day,” read the petition.

Therefore, the party prayed to the court to declare the IHC’s verdict in the case null and void.