A number of lawmakers in the National Assembly on Tuesday strongly criticised the US drone attacks in Pakistan when a US Congressional delegation was present in the gallery of the House. The issue was raised first of all by PPP MNA Samsam Bukhari who said US must respect its relations with Pakistan.
He said, “We are fighting the war on terror and have shed a lot of blood in this war… for the whole world and I urge the US delegation to convey our sentiments that drones strike must stop.” MNA from PML-N Naseer Bhutta and PML-Q MNA Marvi memon remained more candid in their criticism. Bhutta said, “Pakistan has offered more scarifies more than any other country and despite all this we are being attacked with drones, which is an attack on our sovereignty.”
Marvi Memon said that the US must put an end to the drone hits and any agreement over the same should be made public.
PPP, PML-N exchange slurs
ISLAMABAD – An exchange of slurs between the PPP and the PML-N was witnessed in the National Assembly on Tuesday when PML-N’s Abid Sher Ali – in an apparent reference to Monday’s statement by PPP’s Gul Muhmmad Jakhrani – said tongues of those would be cut who talked about gorging the eyes of his party leaders.
Reacting to the Punjab CM’s statement that Karachi should be made a province, Jakhrani had said that the people of Sindh would gorge out eyes of those who wanted to dismember Sindh. In response to Abid Sher Ali’s remarks, PPP member Noor Alam said it were the people of southern Punjab who were demanding a Siraiki province.
“If anyone wants to cut my tongue, he or she should come forward,” Alam said. He said corruption in Punjab was more rampant than in other areas and the chief minister was given a share of extorted money. “You are more corrupt than us,” Noor Alam said while pointing towards PML-N benches. Staff Report
