Peshawar
April 24, 2021
PESHAWAR: Taking exception to the non-compliance of his ruling, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani has summoned the administrative secretary of the Finance department.
The speaker also warned him of bringing a privilege motion against him and writing a letter to the chief secretary about his irresponsible behaviour. He asked the chief secretary to initiate inquiry against the secretary Finance for not complying with his previous ruling.
The speaker had summoned the secretary Fiancé to the assembly and had expelled from the House another officer of the department for submitting an incomplete answer to a question.
The speaker said the House was the custodian of government exchequer, not the secretary. He added that being a state employee the secretary was answerable to the assembly. He argued that if the Inspector General of Police could come to the House why not the secretary Finance.
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Shortage of oxygen at Mansehra hospital echoes in KP Assembly
National
December 12, 2020
PESHAWAR: After the recent incident involving the deaths of seven patients due to the shortage of oxygen at the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) in the provincial capital, the non-availability of oxygen at the King Abdullah Hospital in Mansehra was raised in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday.
On a point of order, Naeema Kishwar of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) said patients were shifted to hospitals in Abbottabad due to non-availability of oxygen at the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital in Mansehra.
She said it was a serious issue that hospitals were facing shortage of oxygen at a time when coronavirus cases were on the rise. She said action should be taken against the ones responsible for the shortage of oxygen.