LHC suspends order of reinstating PTI lawmakers

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday suspended the decision to reinstate the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members of the National Assembly, ARY News reported.

LHC division-member bench headed by Justice Shahid Bilal Hasan conducted the hearing and sought a response from parties by June 21.

The court announced the decision on National Assembly Secretary Tahir Hussain’s intra-court appeal.

The plea stated that 123 PTI MNAs had tendered resignations after the successful no-trust motion. It added that the LHC single bench announced the verdict on May 19 to restore the lawmakers contrary to the law.

The NA Secretariat pleaded with the court to nullify the LHC’s verdict.

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On June 6, the National Assembly (NA) Secretariat decided to file an intra-court appeal against the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) verdict in the PTI MNAs resignation case.

Sources said that the LHC allegedly gave two contradictory verdicts regarding the PTI MNAs’ resignations. In a short verdict, the National Assembly was ordered to conduct the interviews of the lawmakers again.

Later, the NA Speaker’s decision was rejected after the approval of the PTI MNAs resignations in the detailed verdict. The secretariat started preparations to challenge the verdict, sources said.