NA speaker issues production orders for two detained PTI lawmakers

National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq issued production orders on Wednesday for two detained Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers, Sanaullah Khan Masti Khel and Dawar Khan Kundi. According to Daily Times, the lawmakers are reportedly in the custody of the Punjab police. The orders were issued to ensure their attendance at National Assembly sessions.

Dawn - Pakistan reports that Sadiq issued the orders under Rule 108 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007. This follows a letter from PTI Chief Whip Amir Dogar sent on Tuesday, which requested production orders for nine detained MNAs to allow them to attend the session that commenced that day.

The production order, as seen by Dawn - Pakistan, notes that the presence of the two members is necessary for the National Assembly session summoned by President Asif Ali Zardari on Oct 13. The order directs that the members be produced before the sergeant-at-arms at Parliament House, Islamabad, at the start of each sitting and returned to police custody after the conclusion of the sitting. Copies of the order have been sent to the Punjab secretary and the secretary of the interior ministry.

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