ISLAMABAD: After Senator Saifullah Abro going against the party line and voting for the 27th Constitutional Amendment, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) decided to cut its relations with him.
PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram wrote on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that the party had decided to expel the senator. He pointed out that the senator’s support for the amendment was a violation of the party line and that the party had taken disciplinary action against him.
“The post quoting Sheikh Waqas Akram said that the party cannot allow such violations of rules and that for the unity of the party, it is impolite that everyone strictly follows the party line,” read the post.
Expulsion letter for Senator SaifUllah pic.twitter.com/JE6zsBytKT
— Sheikh Waqas Akram (@SheikhWaqqas) November 10, 2025
Senator Saifullah Abro of PTI resigns after voting in support of 27th amendment
Earlier, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Pakistan (PTI) senator Saifullah Abro on Monday announced his resignation from the seat of senatorship after he voted in support of the 27th amendment, which was passed with a two-thirds majority in the Senate.
The PTI senator announced his resignation on the Senate floor and delivered his final address, stating that he is resigning from the Senate. Mr Abro said in his speech that he voted in favour of the 27th Amendment because of the Army and Field Marshal Asim Munir.
He said Pakistan Army has earned a good name for the country by winning the War from India. While drawing the Chairman’s Senate attention, Abro requested to de-notify him and sent his resignation to the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The Senate of Pakistan on Monday passed the 27th constitutional amendment with a two-thirds majority amid the opposition parties’ uproar. 64 senators voted in favour of the amendment of all the clauses.
According to the Senate, it approved 56 clauses and 3 schedules of the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill, with 64 members voting in favour.
25 Pakistan Peoples Party, 20 PML-N and 6 independent senators voted in favour of the bill. 3 MQM, 3 ANP, 4 BAP and one Q-League senator also supported it.
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PTI Senator Saifullah Abro and JUI-F Senator Ahmed Khan also supported the constitutional amendment, while the rest of the PTI, the Sunni Ittehad Council, the MWM, and the JUI-F senators opposed the amendment.
The only National Party senator, Jan Muhammad Buledi, did not attend the meeting, and Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gilani did not exercise his right to vote. In addition, PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui was not present in the meeting due to illness.
