PTI not to participate in special parliamentary committee meeting
Pakistan
The PTI members who voted for 26th constitutional amendment would face disciplinary action,
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided not to participate in the Special Parliamentary Committee meeting, constituted to appoint the next Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) from the panel of three most senior judges.
According to sources, the decision was made during PTI’s political committee meeting. It was decided that the party will not participate in the Special Parliamentary Committee meeting scheduled to be held today (Tuesday).
Sources said that it was also decided in the meeting that the PTI members who voted for 26th constitutional amendment would face disciplinary action, including the cancellation of their basic party membership.
It is pertinent to mention here that Speaker National Assembly (NA) Ayaz Sadiq on Monday constituted a 12-member special parliamentary committee to appoint the next Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) for a three-year term.
