ISLAMABAD: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi Monday toldthe National Assembly that Pakistan’s policy on Israel was consistent asalways and no change had been made in it.
Responding to the speech of parliamentary leader of Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal(MMA-F) Asad Mehmood, he said the government was ready to brief theParliament on its foreign policy on a short notice.
Over heated exchange of words between Federal Minster for Inter ProvincialCoordination Dr Fehmida Mirza and Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian(PPPP) MNA Munawar Talpur, the minister stressed that members from bothtreasury and opposition benches should show patience and contribute inpreserving sanctity of the House.
Talpur was heard with patience and therefore, he should have shown the samespirit when the honorable member from the treasury bench were responding tothe allegations leveled against her, he said adding it would becomedifficult to hold a constructive discussion on issues if this house augustmembers did not express maturity.
Naveed Qamar, a senior politician from PPPP criticized the arrest of SindhAssembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durani and termed his arrest as an attack ondemocracy and the Parliament.
He also criticized National Accountability Bureau for having doublestandard of accountability and said the bureau’s authorities should haveshown some respect to the chair of Speaker. He said the members from bothsides should refrain from personal attacks on each other.
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Usama Qadri MNA from Mutahidda Qaumi Moment – Pakistan drew the attentionof the lower house toward the recent wave of terrorism in Karachi.
Telling a personal story of an attack in his constituency, he pointed outthe dubious character of Sindh police and termed it as a killer in uniform.
He also criticized Sindh Building Control Authority for making money and asa result an untoward incident of building collapse was happened in portcity in which reportedly five people were killed.
Sindh government had destroyed institutions after the passage of 18thConstitutional Amendment instead of strengthening them, Qadri concluded.
