SHC suspends resignations of nine PTI lawmakers.

KARACHI -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) succeeded in gaining temporary relief from Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday as the court suspended an ECP notification accepting the resignations of nine of the party's MNAs.

SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Shaikh headed a two-member bench that heard the pleas of nine PTI lawmakers against the acceptance of their resignations.

The party had tendered en masse resignations protesting the ouster of former premier Imran Khan by a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly in April last year.

While Deputy Speaker and PTI leader Qasim Suri had at the time accepted the resignations, incumbent Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had later announced that he would verify them individually thus initiating their phase-wise acceptances.

The NA speaker had maintained that he could only accept resignations that were individually verified with him - something the PTI unsuccessfully attempted to challenge in various courts.

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