Lahore:
Punjab assembly speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan has put together a negotiating committee for eight members to tackle the question of references filed against suspended Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) members reported Express News.
The development follows an initial advisory meeting between the speaker Khan and 26 suspended MPAs by PTI over disability references filed against them.
The committee includes Chief Whip Rana Arshad, Minister of Parliament Minister Mujtaba Shuja Ur Rehman, Khawaja Salman Rafique, Samiullah Khan and Ahmad Iqbal.
Further representation comes from the Allied parties with Ali Haider Gillani of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Chaudhry Shafay Hussain of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and Shoaib Siddiqui from Istehkam-E-Pakistan Party (IPP). The altar named for Body.
Sources also revealed that the opposition is expected to submit its nominees to the speaker today. The opposition delegation may include opposition leader Ahmad Khan Bhachar, parliamentary leader Ali Imtiaz Waraich, PTI Lahore President Sheikh Imtiaz, Ejaz Shafi and other senior members.
The second round of talks between the government and the opposition committee is scheduled for Sunday at. 16.30 at the Punjab Assembly. Both sides are expected to complete their recommendations to the negotiating frame before the end of the day.
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The most important representatives from both the Ministry of Finance and the opposition benches are likely to establish reference conditions (TOR) in the coming days aimed at regulating the future procedure for the Punjab assembly and discouraging humiliation, violent exchanges and violent behavior between legislators.
The list of suspended PTI MPAs includes: Malik Fahad Masood (PP-13), Muhammad Tanveer Aslam (PP-19), Syed Riffat Mehmood (Ali Asif (PP-75), Zulifqar Ali (PP-76), Ahmad Mujtaba Chaudhary (PP-99), Shahid Javed (PP-115), Muhammad Ishmael (PP-116), Khayal Ahmad (PP-118), Shahbaz Ahmad (PP-130), Tayyab (PP-141), Imtiaz Mehmood (PP-155), Ali IMTIAZ (PP-156), Rashid Tufail (PP-145), Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal (PP-203), Khalid Zubair Nisar (PP-231), Chaudhry Muhammad Ejaz Shafi (PP-258), StruGiap Kanwal (PP-260), Muhammad Naeem (PP-263), Sajjad Ahmad (PP-265), Rana Aurang Zaib (PP-276), Shuaib Ameer (PP-281) and Usama Ashar Ali Gujjar (PP-282).
Both sides allegedly agreed to form a joint committee for senior members to make the consultation process more efficient and to explore constitutional, legal and parliamentary solutions for the model.
It is worth mentioning that the speaker Khan had received disqualification references against these currently suspended MPAs in accordance with Article 63 (2). 2, read with Article 113 of the Constitution. It is his constitutional obligation to decide these references within 30 days, as stipulated in the said provisions.
