ISLAMABAD:
The Opposition Leader in the National Assembly, Syed Khursheed Shah, on
Wednesday asked the government to seek an explanation from the Indian
High Commission about the recovery of Indian weapons that the militants
used against Pakistani security forces at the Karachi airport attack.
“The Foreign Office should summon the Indian high commissioner and lodge a protest of founding of the Indian weapons from Karachi airport and show him the founded weapons as a evidence and should ask as to how militants got Indian weapons to attack Pakistani airport,” he said while talking to the newsmen at his chamber at the Parliament House.
He questioned that whether the Indian did not have any control on their agencies.The opposition leader said the opposition has given a complete mandate to the government against the terrorism, but it did not get benefit from it. “The government should play on front foot against the terrorism,” he said.
In reply to a question, the opposition leader said the National Assembly speaker should not have given a statement on security of Parliament. “The speaker should have avoided to make a statement on the security of Parliament as this statement is tantamount to invitation to attack on the parliament,” he added.
He was of the view that such things could be raised in internal meetings but not openly to expose the weaknesses,” he added.The opposition leader said it was decided in the opposition parties meeting that keeping of quorum during the budget debate as the maintaining of the quorum is the responsibility of the government.
“We can give them relaxation if 10 to 15 members were short of the quorum but not if the government wants to run the session with 30 to 35 members then we will point out quorum,” he added.In a reply to another question, the opposition leader said the opposition had decided to jointly move the cut motion on the grants.
“The Foreign Office should summon the Indian high commissioner and lodge a protest of founding of the Indian weapons from Karachi airport and show him the founded weapons as a evidence and should ask as to how militants got Indian weapons to attack Pakistani airport,” he said while talking to the newsmen at his chamber at the Parliament House.
He questioned that whether the Indian did not have any control on their agencies.The opposition leader said the opposition has given a complete mandate to the government against the terrorism, but it did not get benefit from it. “The government should play on front foot against the terrorism,” he said.
In reply to a question, the opposition leader said the National Assembly speaker should not have given a statement on security of Parliament. “The speaker should have avoided to make a statement on the security of Parliament as this statement is tantamount to invitation to attack on the parliament,” he added.
He was of the view that such things could be raised in internal meetings but not openly to expose the weaknesses,” he added.The opposition leader said it was decided in the opposition parties meeting that keeping of quorum during the budget debate as the maintaining of the quorum is the responsibility of the government.
“We can give them relaxation if 10 to 15 members were short of the quorum but not if the government wants to run the session with 30 to 35 members then we will point out quorum,” he added.In a reply to another question, the opposition leader said the opposition had decided to jointly move the cut motion on the grants.
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