NA takes up motion today to oust PTI’s Waqas over absence



Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram addresses media persons during a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club on October 29, 2024. — PPI 

ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Waqas Akram, Central Information Secretary of the PTI, would cease to be a member of the National Assembly today (Wednesday) if the House adopts a motion for his ouster from the assembly due to his absence from the House for a consecutive 40 days. The motion put up by PMLN MNA Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar from Sialkot last week would be considered today after seven days since it is a requirement of the relevant clause of the rules.

According to sources, he has been living in Peshawar since last year after registration of criminal cases against him.

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