Dawn : 36 NWFP MPAs tender resignations from PA

36 NWFP MPAs tender resignations from PA

APP | October 5, 2007

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Thirty-six members of the NWFP Assembly belonging to Jamaat-i-Islami, Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Awami National Party tendered resignations from the provincial assembly a day before the presidential election on Friday.

The 24 members of Jamaat-i- Islami and 4 members of the Nawaz faction of the PML handed over their resignations en bloc to Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan in his chamber before the start of the session while eight members of the Awami National Party tendered resignations at the outset of the assembly proceedings.

Parliamentary leader of ANP Bashir Ahmed Bilour was the first to present the resignation to the Speaker followed by seven other party MPAs who read out their resignations one by one.

The resigning ANP MPAs in their resignations stated that they were quitting the assembly as a protest against the election of President Musharraf in uniform.

The provincial Law Minister in a brief chat with reporters termed the resignations a violation of the APDM decisions.

He said Maulana Fazlur Rehman was not taken into confidence over the resignations.