MULTAN: Renegade president of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Thursday demanded of the National Assembly speaker to accept resignations of the PTI members as per constitution.

The resignations were handed over to NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of the ruling PML-N by Mian Mahmoodur Rashid, who is also a member of PTI’s core committee, in the presence of the media on Aug 27.

Sadiq continues to insist that he wants to meet PTI members of parliament, who have submitted their resignations, in person to verify their intention to quit the house.

But PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi maintains that all 30 members submitted their resignations en masse and, therefore, these should be accepted simultaneously.

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Speaking at a press conference here, Javed Hashmi said neither he would withdraw from by-election in NA-149 nor would he resign from the PTI post as thousands of party members had elected him through voting.

Referring to the show cause notice served to him by the party, Hashmi said only some statements and interviews to the media could not become the base of any such notice.

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Suspending membership of Javed Hashmi, Imran Khan’s party on Monday had summoned him to the party secretariat to explain his case on September 29.

He dispelled the impression of being an accused in Mehran Bank Scandal and said he had not taken any illegal amount throughout his life. He regretted that his opponents had enlisted him in the accused through a conspiracy.

Commenting on prevailing anti-government protest demonstration in the federal capital, Hashmi said the PTI sit-in was losing its significance with the passage of time.