Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Javed Hashmi Tuesday announced his resignation as member of the National Assembly while addressing a joint session of the parliament.
I announce my resignation….I’m going back to the people of Pakistan,” he said on the floor of the house during a special joint session of the parliament.
Criticising the government for manhandling the issues, Hashmi said that if the government failed to satisfy the opposition parties’ concerns under parliamentary system, it is not the failure of the opposition but of the government.
If the government fails to resolve the country’s issues and for that matter I took to street against the government then the public would consider me messiah,Hashmi said while addressing a joint session of the parliament.
He stressed upon a need to make the parliament a “meaningful parliament.”
“I come in the Parliament to testify that the continuation of parliamentary system is inevitable,” the PTI president said.
Hashmi said he had asked Benazir Bhutto not to ink a deal with the then military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, warning the self-exiled PPP leader that he would get her killed.
He criticized the prime minister for not attending senate sessions for 14 months.
“Imran Khan gave me respect more than any other politician,” he added.
