Federal Minister for Information Pervez Rashid on Wednesday said that the government is ready to act on the demands presented by opposition leader Khurshid Shah in today’s National Assembly session.
Rashid was addressing a National Assembly session a day after opposition called off the Senate and the Parliament boycott.
He said that the government has accepted opposition leader Khurshid Shah’s demands regarding corruption and Panama leaks accountability.
Pervez Rashid said that Khurshid Shah has clarified that it was neither a walk out nor a ‘cat walk’. The statement brought out uproar from both sides in the National Assembly on which, the speaker Ayaz Sadiq ordered to settle down.
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He said that we all have gathered in the House to heed the views of MNAs like everyone was sitting to hear PM Nawaz’s most-awaited speech two days before.
He said that the government was waiting for the opposition’s response after PM’s address.
I only demand the opposition to also hear our stance calmly, he requested.
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