{"id":11761,"date":"2024-05-13T04:15:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T04:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/?p=11761"},"modified":"2024-05-13T04:15:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T04:15:25","slug":"punjab-assembly-speaker-suspends-27-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/?p=11761","title":{"rendered":"Punjab Assembly Speaker Suspends 27 Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malik Ahmad Khan has taken the decision on request of a SIC leader in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like there&#8217;s been quite a shake-up in the Punjab Assembly following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision regarding the allocation of reserved seats. The suspension of 27 MPs, including 24 female lawmakers and three minority MPs, has certainly altered the political landscape in the province.<\/p>\n<p>The decision appears to have been prompted by MPA Rana Aftab of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) raising the issue in light of the court&#8217;s ruling, which led Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan to suspend the membership of the MPs representing various parties.<\/p>\n<p>This move has not only affected the representation of different parties but has also shifted the balance of power within the Punjab Assembly, notably reducing PML-N&#8217;s support significantly.<\/p>\n<p>The decision seems to be in line with the Election Commission of Pakistan&#8217;s aim to fill seats through proportional representation based on parties&#8217; electoral successes, impacting not only the ruling alliance but also the PTI-backed SIC, which lost a significant number of reserved seats across various assemblies.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this development reflects the complex interplay between the judiciary, electoral regulations, and political dynamics in Punjab.<\/p>\n<div class='share-to-whatsapp-wrapper'><div class='share-on-whsp'>Share on: <\/div><a data-text='Punjab Assembly Speaker Suspends 27 Members' data-link='https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/?p=11761' class='whatsapp-button whatsapp-share'>WhatsApp<\/a><div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malik Ahmad Khan has taken the decision on request of a SIC leader in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision. It seems like there&#8217;s been quite a shake-up in the Punjab Assembly following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision regarding the allocation of reserved seats. The suspension of 27 MPs, including 24 female lawmakers and three minority [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21557,27835],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[24363,21670,15503,7975,11780],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11763,"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11761\/revisions\/11763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11761"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepkmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fyst_prominent_words&post=11761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}