In a letter to Speaker Asad Qaiser, Shehbaz Sharif wrote that the appointment of NCSW head had been made in derogation of the law/rules and by ignoring majority opinion/vote. DawnNewsTV/File
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif on Monday drew the attention of the National Assembly Speaker to what he called ‘illegal appointment’ of the National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) chairperson after the opposition parliamentarians’ written request for remedy in this regard failed to yield desired result.
In a letter to Speaker Asad Qaiser, Shehbaz Sharif wrote that the appointment had been made in derogation of the law/rules and by ignoring majority opinion/vote.
• PPP insists opposition leader should have taken them in confidence
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry’s statement that Prime Minister Imran Khan skipped Thursday’s meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security because of opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif’s warning generated a controversy in the political circles on Friday.
Defending the prime minister against the opposition’s criticism of his absence from the meeting, Mr Chaudhry said in a statement that Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif had told the National Assembly Speaker that he would boycott the meeting if Mr Khan attended it.
However, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb rejected the minister’s claim, saying Mr Sharif had not sent any message to anyone regarding the meeting.
PML-N rejects govt claim that Shehbaz threatened to stage walkout if Imran was in attendance
Prime Minister Imran Khan in NA. PHOTO: RP
ISLAMABAD/
LAHORE :
A day after an all-important meeting of the parliamentary and military leadership in parliament, the controversy surrounding the attendance of Prime Minister Imran Khan in the meeting is not dying down as the government and the PML-N have blamed each other for the premier’s absence.
Surprising as it may seem, a key cabinet minister had informed The Express Tribune on Thursday night that “the prime minister wanted to attend the meeting but the PML-N gave a message to the National Assembly speaker that they would stage a walk out if the premier attends it”.
ISLAMABAD: Two widow sisters, both above 70, who had been running from pillar to post for the past two decades, finally got their inheritance right last month, only after the intervention of Prime.