PESHAWAR:
The house agreed to thoroughly discuss K-P’s unutilised water share which gets used by Punjab and Sindh. It also tabled and passed amendments to laws including the Local Government Act 2013, according to local media sources.
Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli of the Qaumi Watan Party, who chairs the panel of chairmen, presided over the session as Speaker Asad Qaiser was on leave, while the deputy speaker’s office has been vacant since the last parliamentary year.
Besides the animated speeches, the positive to the day was the proceedings kicked off without a minute’s delay, sources further added.
Anisa ran the session with a firm hand and issued a ruling against government department officials and ministers who did not turn up.
“The speaker is a very tolerant person, but I am not of that nature,” she said. “Action will be taken against officials who did not show up or failed to inform the assembly secretariat about their presence.”
