PTI Resignations.

Back in April of last year, 123 PTI MNAs resigned from their seats. The notification at the time stated that after these resignations would be accepted, new elections would become necessary. Had these resignations been accepted, by-elections would have been held within 60 days of its own notification. Now, however, forty-five of these lawmakers have withdrawn these resignations as per the order of the party chairman and ex-premier.

As per party leadership, the decision follows the refusal of the speaker to accept all these resignations since April when they were first filed. Now, there are plans to take back these posts to oust the supposed 'fake' NA opposition leader. This will allow a majority in the assembly when the vote of no confidence is enacted against Shehbaz Sharif. However, this development can be linked to the NA speaker accepting more of these pending PTI resignations last week and PTI's indecision on the path forward.

To put this development into context, it comes in the midst of an economic and governance crisis. While the current power outage is being described...