Asad Qaiser, Qasim Suri, Pervez Khattak, Ali Amin Gandapur, Murad Saeed, Shehryar Khan Afridi, and Imran Khattak are among the lawmakers whose resignations have been accepted.The development came following growing acrimony between the PTI and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led government in the country.Resignations of Hammad Azhar, Shafqat Mehmood, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Zartaj Gul, Ali Zaidi have also been accepted by the NA speaker.It is pertinent to mention here that around 131 MNAs belonging to the PTI tendered their resignations en masse after Imran Khan's government was ousted through a no-confidence motion In April last year.On July 28, 2022, the speaker also approved 11 resignations of PTI members under Article 64(1) of the Constitution of Pakistan.
According to the notification, the NA speaker accepted the resignations of the following PTI members last year:
Ali Muhammad Khan — NA-11, Mardan-III
Fazal Muhammad Khan — NA-24, Charsadda-II
Shaukat Ali — NA-31, Peshawar-V
Fakhar Zaman Khan — NA-45, Kurram-I
Farrukh Habib — NA-108, Faisalabad-VIII
Ijaz Ahmad Shah — NA-118, Nankana Sahib-II
Jamil Ahmed Khan — NA-237, Malir-II
Muhammad Akram Cheema — NA-239, Korangi Karachi-I
Abdul Shakoor Shad — NA-246, Karachi South-I
Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari — Reserved Seat for Women (Punjab)
Shandana Gulzar Khan — Reserved Seat for Women (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)