Assembly cannot function if 160 members resign, says Ayaz Sadiq

LAHORE (92 News) - Former National Assembly speaker and PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq has termed that if 160 assembly members resign than there will be no legislation and the assembly cannot function.

The PML-N leader said while talking to the journalists after getting interim bail from anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday. "It is easy to call for re-election but it is not easy task to have it when there is no assembly," he maintained.

Ayaz Sadiq said the 11-party opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) won’t sit idle after submission of en masse resignations from assemblies but will push ahead with its struggle to oust the PTI government. “The movement is in a decisive phase. A long march and resignations will now follow on,” he said.

Earlier, an ATC extended interim bail of PML-N leaders Ayaz Sadiq, Salman Rafique and 16 other accused in a 2018 case pertaining to violent protests.

Judge Ejaz Ahmed extended their bails until the next hearing after hearing arguments of their lawyers. Mr Sadiq, and other accused turned up before the court as it resumed hearing.

The lawyers contended that the police lodged the case on a political basis as their clients were not involved in any violence.