Opposition grills govt over Senate defeat
Lawmakers point out lack of quorum several times
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LAHORE:
The opposition benches in the Punjab Assembly grilled the government over defeat in the senate elections while several lawmakers repeatedly pointed out a lack of quorum.
The house proceedings started at 11:29 with the lapse of two and half hours under the chair of the Panel of Chairman Mian Muhammad Shafi. The panel of chairmen, however, did not stop the house proceedings. The opposition lawmakers wanted to grill the government first on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) recent defeat in the senate elections while the government’s tilt was to adopt first the agenda items of the assembly.
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A file photo of Punjab Assembly in session. PHOTO: ONLINE
LAHORE:
Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) lawmaker Syed Usman Mehmood expressed concern on Tuesday over delay on part of government departments in submitting replies to the queries put forth by both treasury and opposition members of Punjab Assembly.
He demanded a ruling for early submission of replies. PTI’s MPA Ahmed Khan Bhachar, who is also parliamentary secretary of local government and answered the queries of the lawmakers, seconded the stance of the PPP legislator.
Panel of Chairmen member Mian Muhammad Shafi directed the departments concerned to submit replies within the period prescribed in Rule 54 of “Rules of Procedure of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab 1997”.