{"id":29450,"date":"2022-04-10T06:45:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T06:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=29450"},"modified":"2022-04-10T06:45:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T06:45:52","slug":"na-speaker-deputy-speaker-step-down-from-the-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2022\/29450\/","title":{"rendered":"NA Speaker, Deputy Speaker step down from the positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD (National Times) \u2013 Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser and Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri on Saturday resigned from their positions.<\/p>\n<p>Asad Qaiser has stepped down from post of National Assembly speaker and PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq conducted the voting on no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have decided to resign as speaker of the National Assembly,\u201d said Asad Qaiser while chairing the lower house of the parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Qaiser said that he had received &#8220;important documents&#8221; from the cabinet, which he invited the leader of the opposition and the Chief Justice of Pakistan to see.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In line with our laws and the need to stand for our country, I have decided that I can t remain on the position of speaker and thereby resign,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Because this is a national duty and it is the Supreme Court s decision, I will ask the panel chairman Ayaz Sadiq to run the session,&#8221; Qaiser said.<\/p>\n<p>NA Speaker Asad Qaiser chaired the session which began at 10:30am sharp, in accordance with the Supreme Court\u2019s directives, and with the recitation of the Holy Quran. 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