In this file photo, Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Khan Gandapur addresses public gathering during the election campaign in GB near Kashrot area. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: The opposition lawmakers on Wednesday lodged a strong protest in the National Assembly and Senate over scathing remarks of a federal minister about two former prime ministers Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif and warned that use of such language could lead to more confrontation and chaos.
The opposition members in the National Assembly staged a walkout and disrupted the proceedings by pointing out lack of quorum whereas the legislators in the upper house had a verbal clash when some treasury members again targeted the opposition’s leadership and tried to defend Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur who had called the late Bhutto a “traitor” and Mr Sharif a “robber” during an election rally in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday.
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Fireworks expected over 26th amendment bill today
The NA speaker had issued notices to three MNAs under Rule 21 (suspension of member) of the Rules of Procedure
Pervaiz Rashid accuses Imran of misappropriating donation money. PHOTO: NA.GOV.PK
ISLAMABAD:
Fireworks are expected in the National Assembly on Friday (today) over the 26th constitutional amendment bill aimed at changing the method of voting in the Senate elections as the House is all set to take up the bill when it resumes legislative business.
Friday session is likely to be a stormy affair with the opposition parties deciding to take on the government on the bill while the government too is arming itself with the relevant number of legislators to not only pass the bill but hit back at the opposition.
Speaker seeks explanation from unruly MNAs
Notices to issues to three lawmakers for violating decorum of the house last week
NA Speaker Asad Qaiser, PHOTO: Anadolu Agency/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Days after lawmakers scuffled in the lower house of the parliament, the National Assemblyspeaker has issued notices to Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Syed Naveed Qamar, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Chaudhry Hamid Hameed and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Attaullah and sought explanation from them for violating the decorum of the house.
Speaker Asad Qaiser issued notices to the three National Assembly members (MNAs) under Rule 21 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly 2007 after examining the evidence and pursuing record of the proceedings of February 4 the day when lawmakers used most of their time in the assembly to spew a nonstop torrent of the most unparliamentary language possible.