Confusion mounts over PTI resignations

KARACHI: Confusion mounted over whether resignations of members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) in the Sindh assembly have been accepted or not, as the assembly secretariat was stopped from forwarding the resignations to the Election Commission (EC).

Sources in the EC have confirmed that they have not received the resignations as Sindh assembly faces legal complications in this matter.

Sources have revealed that not only have the resignations of PTI members of Sindh assembly not reached the EC but chances are that they will be reviewed all over again.

Earlier speaker Sindh assembly had announced acceptance of resignations of four PTI members which included Syed Hafeez uddin, Khurram Sherzaman, Samar Ali Khan and Seema Zia.

According to sources the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership has been briefed about the situation at hand.