ISLAMABAD: The PTI parliamentarians walked out of the National Assembly after their candidate, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, announced to boycott the polling process.
The session is now is underway with MNA Ayaz Sadiq in the chair. Is in session two days after the lower house of parliament voted in favour of removing Imran Khan from office, following a nearly 14-hour standoff between the opposition and Khan’s ruling party that started on Saturday morning.
The session formally started after a brief delay with a recitation of the Holy Quran and naat, with NA Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri in the chair.
The Opposition’s joint candidate and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif is likely to be elected unopposed as PTI decided to boycott the session shortly before it started, with resignations of PTI lawmakers continuing to pour in on social media. The PTI had nominated former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi as its candidate.
