Pakistan: Zain Qureshi quits as deputy leader of the National Assembly after being accused of “indiscipline.”
Rekha Prajapati October 27, 2024 10:27 AM

October 27, 2015, Islamabad, Pakistan: ARY News reported on Saturday that Zain Qureshi, a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has quit his job as the national assembly’s deputy political leader for the party.

The party gave him a “show-cause” warning for “indiscipline” during the passage of the 26th constitutional amendment, which led to his departure. Qureshi said he quit so that an unbiased investigation could happen.

He promised to stay true to PTI founder Imran Khan and his father, Shah Mehmood Qureshi: “I will remain loyal to them.”

Zain Qureshi had already said that he went into hiding because his father told him to.

He said in a video statement that his father told him to hide and emphasized, “I could never think of voting for this constitutional amendment.” He called claims that he supported the changes “baseless propaganda,” according to ARY News.

Zain told them that his father, who is currently in jail on another charge, had called him to Lahore.

He said that his father told him not to support the constitutional amendment no matter what and that “misleading propaganda is being spread against me regarding my support for the constitutional amendment.”

Notably, the PTI had sent “show-cause” letters to several parliamentarians for supposedly breaking party rules while talking about the 26th constitutional amendment.

Riyaz Fatiana, Zain Qureshi, Aslam Ghuman, and Muqdad Ali Khan were all sent “show-cause” letters by the PTI, telling them they had to explain why they were acting badly by breaking the party’s rules.

ARY News says the notice made it clear that the government wanted these changes to weaken the freedom of the courts.

“All PTI MNAs and Senators were directed not to support the constitution amendment bill,” the note said.

All PTI MNAs and Senators were told not to support the constitutional change bill and to stay in safe places. Members were reminded that they had to follow party orders.

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