Opposition blames Govt of paralysing NA
By Zulfiqar Ahmad
ISLAMABAD—Joint opposition in the National Assembly Wednesday
constituted a committee entrusted with the task of exerting pressure on
the government to convene the session of the house regularly without
intervals. The committee would devise a strategy aimed at forcing the
government to hold the session of lower house of the parliament
regularly at least five a week.
The committee was set up during a joint meeting of the opposition held
at the parliament house, attended by the Alliance for Restoration of
Democracy (ARD), Muttahid Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and Baluchistan National
Party (Mangal Group). The meeting was fallowed by a strong protest, the
opposition members in the national assembly on the issue.
Earlier, talking to a group of newsmen, the MMA leader, Liaquat Baluch
termed the irregular convening of the session of the lower house
uncalled for. The opposition, he said wanted to take up a number of
issues of national importance including, sky-rocketing petroleum prices
despite its decline in the international market, price-hike of
commodities of daily use, problems being faced by the growers in the
agricultural sector etc.
The government after running the house for hardly two days in a week
adjourned it without any reason. “This is the ample proof of the fact
that the government was fleeing from facing the harsh realities”. The
member assembly, he said also withdraw their salaries for the recess
days during the session.
The government, he said should convene the session of the house daily
without any intervals, remarked. He lashed out at the president for not
calling the joint sitting of the parliament and addresses it which is
mandatory in the constitution.
Liaquat Baluch reiterated that the government would continue its
struggle against the regime and to highlight the problems being
confronted by the masses in both the houses of the parliament. PPPP, MNA
Khurshid Shah pointed out that during the previous parliamentary year,
the NA could worked only for 50 days out of the mandatory 130 days which
he said was highly regrettable. |
