Apparently in order to please President Asif Ali Zardari, and enrich his political credentials, Senator Sabir Baloch of the PPP on Monday added a bit more to what are taken as “derogatory remarks” in politics while teaching a lesson of decency to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
Referring to the contents of public speech made by Shahbaz in Lahore a few days ago, Baloch said, “He (Shahbaz Sharif) is mad and needs medical treatment. He is capricious, a fickle mind and his derogatory remarks are reflective of the ‘attitude of paranoid,” he said.
However, Deputy Chairman Jan Jamali expunged the objectionable words, asking the PPP senator to keep decency in check. Baloch was of the view that Shahbaz talked about hanging the custodian of the constitution which, he added, was contempt of the constitution itself as well as parliament and the people of the country.
In reply to Baloch, Senator Raja Zafarul Haq of the PML-N said, “You too touched the extreme.” He said the PML-N party offices were burnt in Sindh, adding no one from the PPP condemned it which was questionable. He was of the view that the miscreants were incited by the PPP itself. The PPP senator continued to interrupt the PML-N senior leader while he spoke.
Speaking on a point of order, Senator Hafiz Rashid asked both parties to exercise patience and decency. Senator Salahuddin of the PPP also demanded action against the Punjab chief minister for his remarks against the president.
Senator Baloch had earned admonishment from Senate chairman Farooq Naik some a few days ago as well when while paying tributes to Late Nusrat Bhutto, he was more focused on which political parties flourished undenr the patronisation of dictators, inviting the opposition wrath.
