July 30, 2015

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Opposition asks govt to issue policy statement on Mullah Omer’s death
Lawmakers question govt’s silence over reported death of Taliban leader
INP

ISLAMABAD – Opposition members in the National Assembly on Thursday strongly criticised the government for not taking the House into confidence about the death of Taliban leader Mullah Omer.

Speaking on points of order, the members said that the whole world was reacting over the reported death of Mullah Omer but the government, Foreign Office and Interior Affairs Ministry were keeping mum on the matter. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan who had attended the proceedings for some time must have informed the members about the facts, they said.

They said that the government was not giving any importance to the parliament and important decisions were being taken behind closed doors. They also demanded that the National Assembly session should be adjourned and members sent to the flood affected areas for relief work.

MQM member Rashid Godial said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif did not respond to the Indian allegations of Pakistan’s alleged involvement in Gurdaspur gun attack. Similarly, the government was silent on the death of Mullah Omer, he said.

Lawmaker Shirin Mazari said that the interior minister must have given a policy statement on the death of Mullah Omer. She said that the parliament was being ignored while reaction of the Afghan government and the United States was before every one.

 

Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk


 

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