Criticising the PML-N in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Minister for Religious Affairs Khurshid Shah said the Nawaz Sharif-led party engaged separatist parties in Sindh for political mileage, as Leader of the Opposition in NA Nisar Ali Khan vowed to support the government on issues of national interest, urging it to implement parliamentary resolutions.
To PPP’s allegation, PML-N’s Ahsan Iqbal said, “Our party has become famous in Sindh. We are against division of Sindh and when we come into power, we will purge the province of politics of corruption, gun and extortion.”
Nisar said, “We have to shun old politics and bring nationalists in the mainstream.”
He said opponents had termed separatists the enemies of state, adding that such politics should end now.
Speaking on a point of order, Nisar questioned the rationale behind seeking the opposition’s support for operation in North Waziristan despite a statement by the interior minister that Maulana Fazlullah had planned the attack on Malala Yousufzai while sitting in Afghanistan.
He asked what would be the outcome of a fresh resolution when all resolutions on crucial national issues were awaiting implementation.
Calling for immediate implementation of a resolution on the revision of petroleum prices, Nisar demanded the government apprise the House on why these resolutions had not been enforced yet. “Please don’t consider this House week, deaf and dumb,” the opposition leader said.
Shah said the accountability bill would be presented in the next session.
