Demanding the government first implement previous resolutions passed by parliament on national security in letter and spirit, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would boycott the upcoming joint sitting of parliament if the session met behind closed doors. “We will also not become part of any parliamentary resolution until the PML-N is taken into confidence over the fate of resolutions adopted with consensus by parliament earlier,” he said while talking to reporters in a reception given by Parliamentary Reporters Association (PRA). Nisar said the forthcoming joint session of parliament should be open to let the nation know about the facts. He said if the session was held in-camera, the PML-N would not attend it.
He said the PML-N would be part of any new parliamentary resolution only after brainstorming over it, as it had serious reservations over what the government did with the previous resolutions. He accused the government of rendering parliament ineffective by not implementing its resolutions and pointed out that parliamentary proceedings had lost the charm even for the media, which was not giving the proper coverage to parliament. On the memo case, Nisar said the petition by the PML-N in the Supreme Court was in national interest and had nothing to do with politics. Nisar brushed aside the “propaganda” that President Asif Zardari had been declared traitor in the petition.
PML-N will boycott joint sitting if held in-camera: Nisar
