PTI revokes membership of two dissident legislators

KARACHI: The ruling PTI on Thursday revoked the membership of two dissident members for going against the party policy in the Senate elections. The membership of the Members of Sindh Assembly — Aslam Abro and Shahryar Khan — was revoked by the PTI standing committee on discipline and accountability.

Taking the unanimous decision, the committee recommended to the PTI leadership to approach the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against both the members. The party said the MPAs "disobeyed the party's orders," despite that, their side of the story was taken into account.

"However, after reviewing the evidence against them, [their membership was revoked]," the PTI said. Aslam Abro was elected as a member of the Sindh Assembly from PS-1 Jacobabad, while Shahryar Khan was chosen from PS-18 Ghotki.

The MPAs had announced that they would not cast votes for the PTI candidates in the Senate election amid accusations from PTI that the PPP was pressurising its MPAs to change loyalties in the Senate polls.

Immediately afterwards, President PTI Karachi, Khurram Sher Zaman had said that three PTI MPAs had been kidnapped. “Their last location was in Defence,” he said, speaking to media. “These MPAs were in contact with us,” added Zaman.