ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday sent a notice to PTI Member of the National Assembly Ayesha Gulalai informing her of her “defection” from the party.
The notice states: “In furtherance thereof and in compliance with the requirements of Article 63 A (2) of the Constitution, this declaration is being forwarded to you as well as the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chief Election Commissioner for further action in accordance with the Constitution.”
Gulalai, a member of the National Assembly from the PTI, quit the party earlier this month citing ‘ill-treatment’ of women by the party leadership as the reason behind her decision and also alleged the PTI chief of harassment and corruption.
The notice, dated August 28, sent to Gulalai’s home addresses in Peshawar and Islamabad, states that Gulalai had on August 1, publically resigned from the party and had also not voted for the party’s designated candidate in the prime minister’s elections on August 1.
“Each of your two aforementioned act(s) and omission(s) fall squarely within and constitute valid and actionable grounds under Articles 63 A (1) (a) and 63 (1) (b) (i) of the Constitution for declaring that you have defected from the PTI in terms of the said provisions of the Constitution.”