Ghulam Bibi Bharwana. Photo:File

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq received the resignation letter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz?s lawmaker Ghulam Bibi Bharwana on Friday, confirmed officials of assembly secretariat.

Ghulam Bibi Bharwana, elected from NA-87, earlier announced to rest her political future with Pir Khawaja Hameeduddin Sialvi in the Khatam-e-Nabuwwat (PBUH) Conference at Faisalabad's Dhobi Ghat. Sialvi is a spiritual leader and custodian of Sial Sharif Shrine of Sargodha.

Already three provincial lawmakers of the ruling party have submitted their resignations to the secretariat of the Punjab Assembly on the directives of Pir Sialvi.

Five PML-N lawmakers rest their political future with Pir Sialvi

The announcements were made at the Khatam-e-Nabuwwat (PBUH) Conference in Faisalabad

In her resignation letter, Bharwana stated: "A member of the Punjab government's cabinet has had a blasphemous attitude towards the finality of Prophet Muhammad's prophethood."

She adds that her protest was not taken into consideration hence she is now resigning from the NA-88 seat.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPAs Maulana Rehmatullah, Ghulam Nizamuddin Sialvi and Muhammad Khan Baloch have tendered their resignations in protest against the government for not sacking Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah.

Three PML-N lawmakers submit resignations to Punjab Assembly secretariat

Maulana Rehmatullah, Ghulam Nizamuddin Sialvi and Muhammad Khan Baloch gave their resignations on the directives of Pir Khawaja Hameeduddin Sialvi

Authorities of the assembly secretariat informed that the resignation submitted by courier have not yet been reviewed by Speaker Ayaz Sadiq.