Around 84 lawmakers of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) are expected to resign from the NWFP Assembly on the day President General Pervez MusharrafÂ’s presidential nomination papers are accepted by the Election Commission (EC). | The 124-member house will reduce to 24 after the resignations of all APDM members and 5 independent members. |
The APDM decided on Sept 16 to quit the assemblies.
More resignations if Musharraf-PPPP talks fail: The number of resignations can go up to 95 if the Pakistan PeopleÂ’s Party-Parliamentarians (PPP-P) fails to strike a deal with Musharraf and joins the APDM move against him.
The NWFP Assembly has 124 members. The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has 69 members, followed by the Pakistan PeopleÂ’s Party-SherpaoÂ’s (PPP-S) 13, the PPP-PÂ’s 11, the Pakistan Muslim League-QÂ’s 10, the Awami National PartyÂ’s (ANP) 10, the Pakistan Muslim League-NawazÂ’s (PML-N) 5, five independent members and 1 member of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf. The 124-member house will reduce to 24 after the resignations of all APDM members and 5 independent members. |