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*ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed a petitionof PTI against the ‘phase-wise’ acceptance of resignations of its MNAs. *
Chief Athar Minallah after hearing arguments of the PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) counsel dismissed the petition. Chief Justice ofthe high court remarked that the Speaker after being satisfied has approved11 resignations of the PTI MNAs. “This court is not authorized to reviewthe level of satisfaction of the Speaker,” Justice Minallah remarked.
“We have to change our thinking and to respect the Parliament,” ChiefJustice IHC said.
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“Islamabad High Court has set some parameters in its prior decision,” thebench observed. “It is not their duty to represent their voters in theParliament till their resignations are approved,” Justice Minallahquestioned.
“Every member who has resigned, should individually appear before theSpeaker to verify his resignation,” the judge said. “This court will notissue instructions to the Speaker,” Justice Athar Minallah remarked.
“What the deputy speaker did was against the law and judicial decisions,”he observed. “The court will not interfere in the affairs of theparliament,” the bench said.
PTI counsel Faisal Chaudhry in his arguments said that the efforts arebeing made to break the party with pick and choose.
