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ISLAMABAD - The opposition parties have decided that they will give a tough time to the government for disobeying verdicts of superior court in the future, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday.
Nisar said all opposition parties would also pressurise the government to clarify its position regarding drone attacks in the coming NA and Senate sessions. He demanded formation of a high-level judicial or a parliamentary commission to probe

ISLAMABAD - Responding to a letter by President Asif Ali Zardari seeking consultation over the appointment of Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah as the NAB chairman, Opposition Leader Nisar Ali Khan on Monday proposed the formation of a panel of suitable candidates for the post for consolation purposes and to facilitate the development of a consensus amongst the consultants.
Nisar, however, avoided categorically rejecting the president's proposal of Justice (r) Shah's appointment

Continued from page 32 - The leader of the opposition has the highest respect and regard for the august court and is of the view that its order should have been accepted without demur and another suitable person appointed after meaningful and consensus-oriented consultation in accordance with paragraph above."
"The leader of the opposition considers it's strange that without waiting for the detailed order of the court, the president has again proposed the appointment of Justice

ISLAMABAD - Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Thursday some political parties were blaming the Punjab government for Raymond Davis' release on behest of the establishment. In a statement issued from his office, Nisar said the incumbent rulers were responsible for Davis' release.
"The release of Davis will be remembered as a national tragedy in Pakistan's history.... The rulers, to appease their foreign masters, brokered this deal in

ISLAMABAD - Federal Law Minister Babar Awan on Sunday said that Opposition Leader in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was trying his best to destroy the democratic dispensation and send Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif again to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
"No gentleman can do what Nisar is doing. He is devastating the political and democratic dispensation in the country and hell-bent to send Nawaz Sharif again to Jeddah, not to let him (Nawaz) be a part of the National Assembly

ISLAMABAD - Pointing his guns solely at President Asif Zardari, National Assembly Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Sunday that Zardari was bent on sacrificing the country, democracy, law, judiciary and even his own party's government at altar of his desires.
Nisar told reporters at a press conference that the rulers did not like the independence of the judiciary at all. "The decisions of the superior courts are being ridiculed as the rulers just want to implement

KARACHI - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Sindh announced on Sunday that it would move a privilege motion against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar today (Monday).
PPP Sindh Media Cell In-charge and MPA Sharjeel Inam Memon told the media that he and other PPP members of the Sindh Assembly will move a privilege motion against Nisar because the latter used disrespectful and un-parliamentary language against the Sindh Assembly members and the ajrak and

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Friday passed a unanimous resolution, expressing displeasure at National Assembly opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar, who had filed a petition against Justice (retd) Deedar Hussain Shah's appointment as the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The resolution stated that Nisar's double standards and biased attitude could harm provincial harmony and pose a threat to democracy. The house appreciated the role of Shah, who had served as

WAH CANT - Opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Saturday warned if the due rights were not given to the people, the rulers' fate would be worse than that of Pervez Musharraf.
Talking to media persons in Taxila, he observed that the present government was worse than Musharraf regime. The law and order situation was deteriorating in the country and poverty stricken people were forced to commit suicides, he held.
Nisar voiced grave concern over

ISLAMABAD - Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan asked the treasury on Friday to take notice of a notification issued by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to stop the PIA unions' referendum on the pretext of security concerns. Speaking on a point of order during the national assembly session, he said if by-polls could be held in Shangla, why a referendum could be postponed in PIA.
Labour Minister Khurshid Shah said that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government's policy

ISLAMABAD - Opposition Leader Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday demanded the government present a list of visas issued to embassies beyond their sanctioned strength to the Senate and National Assembly standing committees on interior and foreign affairs.
"The federal government is responsible for the Lahore incident, as it turned a blind eye to the activities of such foreigners who move freely across the country carrying unlicenced arms," he said while speaking on a point of order. He

ISLAMABAD - Condemning European Parliament's demand for pardoning Aasia Bibi, Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said that it was an interference in the country's internal affairs.
Nisar said instead of poking nose into Pakistan's internal matters, the West should take up the issues like blasphemy, desecration of the Holy Quran, abolishing of mosque minarets and banning of veil.
He said western countries were making such interferences due to the rulers'

ISLAMABAD - The project for the construction of additional suites for parliamentarians at a cost of Rs 3 billion has become controversial even before construction started, as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Nisar Ali Khan has asked the government to drop the project due to financial constraints.
The call came amidst questions over the transparency in the award of the contract for the project, as it has been given to a construction firm Habib Rafique Limited

LAHORE - Opposition members of the provincial assembly (MPA) in the Punjab Assembly (PA) on Wednesday while criticising the provincial government's policy of blessing its leaders in the provincial revenue department, declared Opposition Leader in the National Assembly (NA) Chaudhry Nisar Ali 'a powerful MNA' influencing appointment of patwaris in the department.
During question hour proceedings in the PA, Opposition MPA Dr Samia Amjad said that only Nisar was a strong MNA from

ISLAMABAD - Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Nisar Ali Khan on Friday warned the PPP-led government of severe reaction after lapse of 45 days deadline, in case it 'continued playing with words' on the issues of national importance.
Talking to reporters, Nisar said, "We want the government to proceed on the agenda put up by the PML-N on national issues."
He said he hoped the government would convince other political parties within 45 days that it was

ISLAMABAD - Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said that the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement should not have staged such a "drama" if it had to work at the "same salary".
Reacting to the decision by the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement to rejoin the ruling coalition, Nisar said that the country's politics had become hostage to those who used terror to impose their ideology. "The recent somersault of the MQM has revealed the nature of revolution its leaders want while sitting

ISLAMABAD - Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Nisar Ali Khan on Monday categorically ruled out the possibility that his party would shoulder the falling government of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, who has lost majority in the House.
"Let me clarify the impression or ambiguity that the PML-N will come forward to save the government if it loses majority in the National Assembly and consequently collapses," Nisar told reporters outside the Parliament House.