Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Friday issued show-cause notices to 20 of its members of provincial assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in relation to selling of votes in the recently held Senate elections, according to an official notification.
As per the official statement signed by PTI spokesman Naeem-ul-Haq, the 20 PTI members are to provide a written response and can also seek a personal hearing before any action is taken against them.”In the event no written response is received from you to this show-cause notice within the stipulated time period, it shall be presumed that you do not contest this show-cause notice or otherwise have no defence and acquiesce to the cancellation and termination of your membership of PTI and to being expelled from the PTI and in such event further proceedings in the matter shall be without any further notice to you,” the statement read.
The PTI has formed a disciplinary committee headed by Pervaiz Khattak, Atif Khan, Shahram Tarakai, Shahryar Afridi, Shah Farman and Naeem-ul-Haq to conduct and complete the proceedings, said the statement.
PTI chief Imran Khan had on Tuesday named and shamed the lawmakers who allegedly sold votes during the Senate elections and announced to expel them from the party.
Those accused of horse-trading are: Deena Naaz, Nargis Ali, Nagina Khan, Sardar Idrees, Obaid Mayar, Zahid Durrani, Fouzia Bibi, Naseem Hayat, Qurban Khan, Arif Yousaf, Amjad Afridi, Abdul Haq, Javed Naseem, Yasin Khalil, Faisal Zaman, Sami Alizayi, Meraj Hamayun, Khatoon Bibi, Babar Saleem and Wajihuz Zaman.
Meraj Humayun had joined the PTI from the Quami Watan Party, Khatoon Bibi and Babar Saleem from the Awami Jamhoori Ittehad, and Wajih-uz-Zaman from the PML-N.
Imran had also said that names of those lawmakers who failedto clear their position would be forwarded to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for legal action.
Published in Daily Times, April 21st 2018.
