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ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has agreed to receive all MNAs of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf together for verification of their resignations.
“If all of them want to come with Imran Khan, holding one another’s hand, they can,” the speaker said at news conference here on Monday.
“I remain in the office. Those who say I am not found there just make lame excuses,” he said.
Know more: PTI MNA resignations: NA speaker faces a tough choice
The press conference, which the speaker had called to brief newsmen about his recent visit to Cameroon to attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, coincided with the day he had invited PTI Chairman Imran Khan and three other PTI MNAs to come to his office and verify their resignations.
Mr Sadiq said he had invited six other PTI legislators to come to his office and get their resignations verified on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Indirectly criticising the role of media in the present crisis, he said the media should not give coverage to negative things and should only highlight positive things which would help improve situation in the country.
The speaker had earlier announced to invite the PTI lawmakers in groups to verify their resignations and confirm that they were willing to quit the National Assembly of their own free will.
The PTI lawmakers refused to appear before the speaker individually, but the latter insisted that he wanted to meet them in person to verify their intention to quit the house.
The PTI leadership maintained that since all 30 members had submitted their resignations en masse, they should be accepted simultaneously.
Published in Dawn, October 14th, 2014
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Oct 14, 2014 07:03am
A small sacrifice for a bigger cause.WE ARE PROUD OF YOU IMRAN KHAN.WELL DONE.YOU REALLY MADE US PROUD.
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Oct 14, 2014 07:09am
Joke speaker assembly just accept it. No need to even call them. IK was right.
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Oct 14, 2014 07:11am
Mr. Speaker did you do anything worthwhile today... :)
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Oct 14, 2014 07:43am
Well done speaker. It is time to take them by the word. They are manipulating and playing all sorts of games. Every ordinary women and men are cheated several times a day by the very ordinary people we come across in daily lives. The change has to come form each of us and it starts in your living rooms in our homes and not on the container, where many of them standing there are very much a part of the fraud in our society for years. It is time to wake up that change can not come over night and with base less accusations that have not substantial evidence for it. I wish IK and his group would be part of a team with all the parties to bring that change and pressure them to the table to talk and give it a positive start. For middle class people like me IK is not saying any thing we did not know before we are tackling this on daily basis and fight our own little fights . If they really want to bring change than help us and get down form that container and work in your one provinces of control and support us.
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Oct 14, 2014 07:44am
Obviously Khan can't trust his own men enough to let them go alone :D
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Oct 14, 2014 07:49am
Fake speaker. He has not done anything for the betterment of the people. Shame
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Oct 14, 2014 07:58am
@Sam
ATLEAST he hasn't taken them to changa manga , lol
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Oct 14, 2014 08:07am
Speaker should not wast time and quickly accept with or without their confirmation. Let the lesson be learned that no one threat the system that he or she is resigning. IK is right on many things but the people he got around him are jokers and will heart him.
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Oct 14, 2014 08:45am
There is a trust deficit between Imran Khan and the MNAs. He doesn't trust them since he is forcing them to resign without their will. Shame on Imran Khan Shame on PTI
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Oct 14, 2014 08:50am
Speaker should follow the law strictly. If as per law every individual MNA is supposed to appear before the Speaker in his chamber for verification of his resignation, why now the Speaker is changing the mode and allowing all of them in the company of IK.
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Oct 14, 2014 08:57am
I hope IK gets to twist Shaikh Rashid's arm as well, and make him resign too!!!
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Oct 14, 2014 09:17am
Controversial elections gives birth to controversial speaker. Greatest leaders shall not liable appear before controversial speaker even now.
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Oct 14, 2014 10:03am
Will the pti participate in the by elections?
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Oct 14, 2014 10:04am
"Indirectly criticising the role of media in the present crisis, he said the media should not give coverage to negative things and should only highlight positive things which would help improve situation in the country."
Positives are things which favours the Govt. Everything else is negative. So, the media should behave like PTV and GEO!
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Oct 14, 2014 10:25am
IK knows that if each member is asked about their resignations ... some might say they were forced.
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Oct 14, 2014 10:25am
"My cat drank milk today" is a more informational news than this.
PTI will NOT return to NA. Accept that and move on.
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Oct 14, 2014 10:53am
PTI hypocrites will never confirm resignations. Otherwise I would like the resignation in advance of the PTI candidate from NA 149 standing against Javed Hashmi
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Oct 14, 2014 11:18am
Mr.Speaker please let your votes be verified, I am sure you won't be speaker after vote verification.
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Oct 14, 2014 11:35am
So instead of getting Nawaz sharif to resign they only managed to get themselves resign. Imran khan is an immature man. Achieved nothing. Lost everything
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Oct 14, 2014 12:13pm
Mr speaker, please allow the recounting of votes in your constituencies.
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Oct 14, 2014 12:37pm
@Sara where did the trust factor come from? Written evidence is good enough and it is a party not any individual forming any groups.
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Oct 14, 2014 12:58pm
It seems that at the time this card was played for public consumption only. The longer they are ''technically'' members of the Parliament, they would continue to receive their perks. This is called ''killing two birds with one stone'' - another first from Pak politicians!
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Oct 14, 2014 01:01pm
accept the resignation at fortnightly intervals.
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Oct 14, 2014 01:07pm
What a cheap language from the speaker of the national assembly. The speaker of the asembly is usually someone who is above the politics. This speaker is obviously not aware of the responsibilities of the job he has been given. What a shame. I really like the comment from "Ahmed USA", I would have put it a little bit differently though, "Mr. Speaker what have you done in your life to occupy this position?"
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Oct 14, 2014 01:39pm
Mr. Speaker you are doing good job and now you have removed PTI's objection of coming together.Many true faces will come out. After it PTI will separate as many, I personally know, don't want to give resignation. Another PTI led by javed Hashmi will appear. Or if PTI doesnot come even now then media and people will not llet them go. IK immaturity has doomed the party or I must say Immature suggestions by his supporters but he should be mature enough to see what is right and what is wrong.
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Oct 14, 2014 01:58pm
Mr. speaker, as a Pakistani, I just want to ask you why are you always taking the stay orders and doesn't allow the recounting of your votes? You must have trust in yourself If there is no Kala in your Daal. Or may be you yourself a part of this Kaali daal.
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Oct 14, 2014 02:20pm
Good riddance. ..
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Oct 14, 2014 02:29pm
@sunny
Power-hungriness is the cause he is fighting for. Imran is not AND never shall make a leader of any significance in the country. He only comes up to Rasheed's level. What sacrifices are you talking about?
The most recent discovery is that there are five power meters installed at his home. What honesty? What hypocrisy?
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Oct 14, 2014 03:22pm
@Milk The stay order has been grantes by the court becuase there was weight in the speakers request otherwise no stay would have been granted. The matter is in court and for the judges to decide. It does mot in any sense make the speaker guilty of any crime or rigging.
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Oct 14, 2014 03:23pm
@Ahmed USA For the last 63 days has Imran Khan done anything productive, other then spreading hate and inciting voilence. When was the last time he visited IDPs or those affected by the floods.
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Oct 14, 2014 05:52pm
Politics, in general, is a dirty game everywhere. It is particularly bad in Pakistan, because it is a strange culture. I have lived in USA for fifty years. I know US politics and politicians very well. Basically, politics is the same. The main difference is that voter in USA is more informed, which is the most important pre-requisite for democracy. In Pakistan, the voter does not know what problems and their solutions are, and who has the qualifications to solve them.
President Musharraf came into power without the faulty political system. He did not have to rely upon corrupt politicians. That was the need of the hour (and it still is). If you recall, he brought about some very important changes in the system: education, women's rights, freedom of press, etc. He restored the respect of the country in the world.
Imran Khan and Tahir-ul-Qadri have the same slogan. They are on the right side. I hear some people say that they do not have the experience of running the government. I say, "No experience is better than bad experience." You must give them a chance. A change is needed. Things cannot be worse than they are now. GO FOR A CHANGE.
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