PTI lashes out at National Assembly Speaker.

ISLAMABAD -- The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday lashed out at National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf after reports emerged that he has accepted resignations of its 43 more lawmakers. The development comes a day after as many as 45 PTI MNAs collectivelywithdrew their resignations from the NA in a move to get the slot of opposition leader in the lower house as part of its efforts to send the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif packing through the test of vote of confidence.

PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry, in a statement, demanded the higher judiciary to take notice of the NA speaker's actions. He said that the purpose to withdraw resignations and go back to the NA was to remove disgruntled party lawmaker Raja Riaz Ahmad from the position of leader of the opposition. 'Otherwise, the present assembly has no worth that we go back,' he said. Former information minister Chaudhry claimed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has lost the support of a simple majority - 172 MNAs - from the lower house of the parliament and was depending on...