The National Assembly on Thursday approved all 151 demands of grants for different departments worth two trillion, 78 billion, 952 million and four hundred thousand rupees for the financial year 2012-13. Earlier, the cut motions moved by several members were withdrawn, giving an easy sailing to the government. The PML-N members continued to protest by raising slogans against the government, prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party. The National Assembly also approved all 134 supplementary demands for grants and appropriation worth over Rs 602 billion for the year 2011-12.
The leader of the opposition and parliamentary heads of PML, MQM, ANP and PML-F remained absent. Two PML-N members pointed out the quorum twice, but on count, more than 86 members were present in the House. The National Assembly adopted a resolution saying the speaker’s ruling on the prime minister’s disqualification could not be challenged on any forum.
