NA speaker 'approves' resignations of 43 more PTI MNAs.

ISLAMABAD -- National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf has approved the resignations of 43 more Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's lawmakers in the lower house, sources told media on Tuesday.

Officials at the speaker's office, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that Ashraf had approved the resignations on January 22 and sent a summary to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the lawmakers' denotification.

The approval means that only dissident PTI lawmakers remain in the National Assembly now.

Interestingly, the development comes a day after the party announced that it is withdrawing the resignations of 45 PTI MNAs and also approached the ECP in this regard.

According to sources, the resignations of Muhammad Nawaz Allai and Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai were not accepted as they had submitted leave applications.

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