How can NA speaker confirm receiving my resignation when I never sent it? asks PML-N lawmaker

• MNA Muhammad Sajjad Awan said he never sent his resignation to NA speaker
• Awan said he is ready to submit his resignation as soon as PML-N instructs him
• He said PTI government would not be able to operate it a large number of people resign from assemblies 

LAHORE: A PML-N lawmaker has caused some tensions within the party by refuting the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser's statement about receiving his resignation.

"I never sent my resignation to the [NA] speaker, so where did he [Qaiser] get it from?" MNA Muhammad Sajjad Awan questioned.

Explaining his comment, Awan said his resignation letter was in his possession and was never sent to the NA speaker. 

"My seat [in the National Assembly] has been entrusted to me by my party," he said. 

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"When the PML-N asks for my resignation, only then will I submit it," the lawmaker clarified, adding that the Opposition's move would make a significant difference as the government would not be able to operate after receiving a large number of resignations from assembly members.

It may be recalled that the NA Secretariat had recently summoned PML-N lawmakers Murtaza Javed Abbasi and Awan to confirm their resignations.

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In addition, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb had denied submitting the resignations directly to Qaiser — who belongs to the ruling PTI — and said that Abbasi and Awan had sent them to to the party's provincial president.

"Amir Muqam has sent the resignations to the PML-N's central secretariat," Aurangzeb had said.

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