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Opposition’s walkouts from NA tactic to seek NRO: PM
January 15, 2019
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (INP): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday termed frequent opposition walkouts in the National Assembly as “mere tactics to seek a National Reconciliation Ordinance,” reported ARY News.
In a tweet, earlier this morning, PM Khan stated, “In a Parliament that costs taxpayers billions yearly, yet another walkout in NA by the Opposition shows that this is the only function they intend to perform. These are pressure tactics to seek an NRO & evade accountability for corruption in NAB cases not initiated by PTI.”
[timed-content-server show="01/16/2019 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]Opposition members mainly belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) staged a walkout from the National Assembly on Monday after opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif finished his speech pertaining to Mohmand Dam bidding contract. Subsequently, opposition members walked out when Water Minister Faisal Vawda began to respond to Shehbaz’s remarks. Vawda expressed resentment over the opposition benches for leaving the House without listening to the government’s version of events. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government has been accusing the opposition for making several attempts to seek a NRO and a way out to evade accountability over corruption. However, the opposition parties, particularly the Pakistan People’s Party and the PML-N have rejected the government’s claim. INP/AK[/timed-content-server]Related Articles
