PTI founding member Najeeb Haroon resigns as an MNA
Najeeb Haroon, a senior PTI leader, has resigned as a member of the National Assembly.
Haroon was elected from NA-256 Karachi in the 2018 General Elections.
He posted his resignation on Twitter early Saturday morning, saying it had been tendered with a heavy heart to Prime Minister Imran Khan.
“It has been 20 months and [I] have not been able to improve either my constituency nor my hometown Karachi in good conscience cannot justify being in this position,” he wrote. In his Twitter caption.
In the letter itself, which is dated April 16, he said it had been 20 months since taking oath as an MNA and 24 years after they formed the PTI.
It’s with a heavy heart that I’ve tendered my resignation from the @NAofPakistan to PM @ImranKhanPTI. It’s been 20 months and have not been able to improve either my constituency nor my hometown #Karachi and in good conscience can not justify being in this position. pic.twitter.com/6A2n2TUQ5b
— Muhammad Najeeb Haroon محمد نجیب ہارون (@MNajeebHaroon) April 17, 2020
“I very strongly feel that I have failed to enjoy your confidence/trust,” he said, adding that he hadn’t been able to contribute anything towards the betterment of his constituency or country.
He reaffirmed his faith in PM Khan but said he had been reflecting on this decision for the past eight months.
“While I have not been a burden on the national exchequer for a single rupee during the last 20 months, still my conscience guides me that I do not justify/deserve to stay in the position.”
He counted himself as a founding father of the PTI and the only surviving member of the founding central executive committee who could reach the National Assembly.
He asked the premier to allow his status as founding father to be kept in the party records and to allow him to continue as a member of the PTI “for as long as I live”.
Haroon asked PM Khan to value party loyalty the most when giving responsibilities. He slo asked him to hold public hearings of all individuals before assigning them public offices. “We will all be questioned on the day of Judgement,” he said.
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