Times of Islamabad

Opposition Parties take a big U TURN in the National Assembly: Report

Opposition Parties take a big U TURN in the National Assembly: Report

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Parties take a big U TURN in the National Assembly,Media Report has revealed.

Opposition parties have decided to withdraw their no-confidence motionagainst National Assembly (NA) deputy speaker Qasim Suri, on Friday.

Local news channel reported, the announcement was made after governmentrepresentatives assured the opposition of withdrawing ordinances approvedin November 7 session.

Meanwhile, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Amin-ul-Haqsaid that his party MNAs were not taken into the confidence over whateverhas been decided between the government and opposition. We honor this Housebecause we are supporters of democratic practices, he added.

Let it be known that the opposition had tabled no-confidence motion againstQasim Suri under Rule 12 (removal of the speaker or the deputy speaker) ofthe Rules and Procedure and Conduct of Business, 2007 and Article 53(7)(c)of the Constitution.

The motion was moved by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadersKhawaja Asif, Khurram Dastagir, Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha, Murtaza Javed Abbasi,and Muhammad Sajjad, day after deputy speaker passed 11 ordinances in hastethat no time was given to assembly members for proper debate on them.

The resolution said that Qasim Suri violated the Rules of Procedure andConduct of Business and lost the confidence of NA majority. The deputyspeaker was accused of biased behavior.