RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan Tuesday wrote a letter to Speaker National Assembly, seeking termination of estranged party MNA Ayesha Gulalai’s Parliament membership.

In the letter written to NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, he requested the speaker and the chief election commissioner (CEC) to take action against Gulalai, an MNA from South Waziristan elected on a seat reserved for women, under Article 63-A (2) of the Constitution.

Khan, in his letter, submitted that in violation of rules, Gulalai did not vote for Sheikh Rashid, the PTI candidate for the seat of the prime minister fielded against Shahid Khaqan Abbasi after Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification in Panama Leaks case.

He said the PTI had issued show cause notices to Gulalai, but she did not respond to any of letter/show cause notices sent to her by the party.

Therefore, he contended, action should be taken against Gulalai under Article 63-A (2) of the Constitution for not following the party’s directives.

The chairman PTI requested the speaker to refer the matter to the chief election commissioner within two days so that the latter could act as per law within the prescribed time frame.

Earlier this month, Gulalai parted ways with the PTI after levelling allegations of sexual harassment against its chairman.

She claimed that women affiliated with the party faced constant harassment from within the party ranks.

“It is my integrity that matters to me the most,” the MNA from South Waziristan told reporters. “I cannot compromise when it comes to my honour and dignity.”

She alleged that women working with the party received lewd text messages, and she could not put up with this any longer.