By Muhammad Anis
ISLAMABAD: The banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Tuesday called off its sit-in after successful negotiations with a government team led by Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad.
The other members of the government team included Religious Affairs Minister Noorul Haq Qadri, adviser to the PM Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat and officials concerned.
Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, who led the government side during talks with the TLP chief Saad Rizvi, read out the agreement in a tweet Tuesday morning.
Shaikh said it was decided that the government would table a resolution in the parliament to decide the issue of expelling the French ambassador.
PML-N s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaks during Tuesday s NA session. DawnNewsTV
The National Assembly Secretariat on Wednesday issued notice to PML-N s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, asking him to apologise and explain his position over his alleged continuous misbehaviour , a day after the former prime minister had a verbal clash with the speaker.
Members of the government and the ruling PTI had sharply criticised Abbasi for threatening to hit Speaker Asad Qaiser with his shoe after the two exchanged harsh words during Tuesday s National Assembly session. The Honourable Speaker has taken a very serious note of your continuous misbehaviour and disregard of Chair and accepted parliamentary norms and especially on the occasion when a very important business was about to transact before the House on 20th April 2021, the letter sent to Abbasi and released by the NA media directorate stated.
A view of the National Assembly session on Tuesday. DawnNewsTV
A session of the National Assembly called to vote on the expulsion of the French ambassador from Pakistan one of the key demands made by the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) was held in Islamabad on Tuesday.
The government had called the session to debate the French envoy s expulsion, and a PTI lawmaker presented a resolution in this regard. However, before a vote could take place on the resolution, the speaker announced the formation of a special committee to discuss the matter and asked the government and the opposition to engage with each other to develop consensus on the issue.
NA to resume debate on expulsion of French envoy on Friday
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser chairing the parliamentary proceedings, in the National Assembly, in Islamabad, on April 20, 2021. YouTube
NA holds session to debate resolution calling for the protection of the sanctity of the Holy Prophet (PBUH); PPP boycotts session.
During proceedings, a resolution to form a special committee to discuss the expulsion of the French envoy was passed via a voice vote.
Amid an already noisy debate, heated exchange takes place between NA speaker and Abbasi, who threatens to take off his shoe and hit the speaker.
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