Speaker Asad Qaiser warns of strict action over unpleasant incident in NA
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National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. APP/File
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Friday warned of strict action against anyone found involved in the unpleasant incident a day earlier during parliamentary proceedings. The unpleasant incident which took place in the NA on last day is highly condemnable, he wrote on Twitter. I ve called a meeting on Monday, February 8, wherein the record of the proceedings will be examined to [probe] the matter. Strict action can be taken against members who were involved in that incident, he added.
Qaiser went on to say that as a custodian of the National Assembly of Pakistan, I have to maintain the order and to regulate the proceedings of the House in accordance with parliamentary practices, rules of procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007 .
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ISLAMABAD: Following the opposition’s decision to boycott, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Sunday cancelled the parliamentary leaders’ meeting he had convened on Monday (today) on coming Gilgit-Baltistan elections as the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) announced that it would not become part of any parliamentary committee under him for his alleged biased conduct during the last joint sitting of parliament.
The country’s major opposition parties had announced on Saturday that they would stay away from the parliamentary leaders’ meeting in line with Sept 20 multiparty conference (MPC)’s declaration through which they had said they would not cooperate with the government inside and outside the parliament.
NA Speaker reserves ruling on Khokhar’s privilege motion
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ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Friday reserved a ruling on a privilege motion of lawmaker Afzal Khokhar after hearing a heated exchange from Khokhar and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker moved a privilege motion against officials of district administration Lahore for demolishing his property at Johar Town. The motion was filed days after Lahore’s authorities demolished his residence in an operation which, according to them, was to reclaim government land. The PML-N and the government have since traded accusations about the matter.
NA Speaker Asad Qaiser emphasised that open or traceable vote in the upcoming Senate elections would strengthen parliamentary democracy in the country. Photo courtesy GOP Twitter/File
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Wednesday emphasised before the Supreme Court hearing a presidential reference that open or traceable vote in the upcoming Senate elections would strengthen parliamentary democracy in the country.
“It is highly desirable that voting for the Senate should be through open or traceable vote rather than through secret ballot so as to strengthen parliamentary democracy of which the political parties are linchpin,” argued a synopsis furnished by the NA speaker through senior counsel Abdul Latif Yousafzai.