Summary JUI-F and MQM submitted withdrawal motions in the National Assembly.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) have withdrawn their motions seeking to de-seat PTI members of the National Assembly who remained absent from the Lower House over 40 days during anti-government protest last year over alleged rigging in general election 2013.
Speaker Ayaz Sadiq chaired the National Assembly today (Thursday).
Salman Khan Baloch moved the withdrawal motion on behalf of the MQM while the JUI-F withdrawal motion was submitted by Naeema Kishwar Khan.
Both parties had agreed to unconditionally withdraw their motions on request of the ruling PML-N government and members of other political parties.
The National Assembly also unanimously approved a new resolution to uphold supremacy of the Parliament.
The resolution moved by JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman pledges that the House will not allow harming the supremacy of the constitution, sovereignty of Parliament and the Islamic identity of the country.
The resolution further states that it is compulsory for all the political parties to respect the stature of the House.
