LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan suspended the membership of 27 MPAs on reserved seats in the light of the Supreme Court order.
Supreme Court had suspended the verdict of Peshawar High Court (PHC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to give the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) reserved seats to other parties.
The opposition lawmakers welcomed the ruling and lauded the speaker with desk thumping.
Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan termed the point of order valid and suspended the membership of 27 MPAs on reserved seats. The speaker also read the judgement of Supreme Court in the house.
The suspended MPAs included 23 from PML-N, two from PPP and one each from IPP and PML-Q.
