The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) decision to disengage from the parliamentary process expanded to the Senate this week, as party-backed senators began resigning from standing committees in line with directives issued by party founder Imran Khan.

Following the departure of several PTI lawmakers from National Assembly committees last week, Senator Mirza Muhammad Afridi confirmed his resignation from five key Senate standing committees, including Commerce, Industries and Production, Education, Energy, and Inter-Provincial Coordination.

Speaking on the decision, Senator Afridi stated that he was stepping down on the instructions of the party’s founder. “I am relinquishing my committee memberships in compliance with the directive issued by the party’s founder,” he said in a brief statemen

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