The acting speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Suri on Wednesday accepted the resignations of 123 Members of National Assembly (MNA) of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Qasim Suri, while confirming the development on Twitter on Thursday (today), said that the resignations of 123 members of the National Assembly of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have been received by him which he has accepted as the acting speaker of National Assembly."

“Hence, in the light of Rule 43 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007, I accept these 123 resignations and order to notify the same in the Gazette,” Suri wrote.

In the order, Suri stated that he had "perused all the resignations and reached to the conclusion that all of them except resignation of Prince Muhammad Nawaz Allai, NA-12, and Mr. Jawwad Hussain, NA-47, are given voluntarily and are genuine [sic].

Meanwhile, the NA secretary has also issued a notification regarding acceptance of the resignations.

Earlier, the NA Secretariat had taken a stand that no member’s resignation could be sent to the election commission without individual confirmation, while the Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri wanted to accept all resignations by April 22.

The PTI, after the success of the no-confidence motion against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, had announced en masse resignation from the National Assembly after Shahbaz Sharif became the Prime Minister.

Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri had apologized from presiding over the session because PTI membership is of the view that Shehbaz Sharif’s government has been formed under an external conspiracy.

The decision to resign from the assembly was taken at the party’s parliamentary meeting under the chairmanship of Imran Khan on April 11. The party had decided to focus on public agitation against the incoming federal government.