MEMBERS of the National Assembly holding a protest in the House on Friday. Tanveer Shahzad / White Star
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly session was prorogued on Friday soon after its commencement when the opposition and some treasury members, in a rare show of unity, staged a joint demonstration in front of the speaker’s dais demanding the eviction of the French ambassador from Pakistan for blasphemy.
The NA Secretariat later announced that the parliament house would remain closed for five days from April 26 till 30 and all administrative and legislative activities will remain suspended “in view of increasing cases of deadly coronavirus during its prevailing third wave”.
Opposition asked to join hands with govt to send a unified message on sanctity of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
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Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri and State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan. Photo: Radio Pakistan
Noorul Haq Qadri says government stood firm regarding resolution of issue about French ambassador.
Ali Muhammad Khan says parliamentary committee s purpose is to formulate a joint action plan and consensus resolution.
The National Assembly is debating on a resolution calling for the protection of the sanctity of the Prophethood of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
ISLAMABAD: Religious Affairs Minister Noorul Haq Qadri and State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan called on the Opposition to join hands with the government to send a unified message to the world, especially France, on the sanctity of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
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April 21, 2021
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, JUI-F seek to discuss agreement with TLP first
ISLAMABAD: The government in a dramatic way managed to present a resolution in the National Assembly on Tuesday on the issue of the French envoy’s expulsion from Pakistan over the publication of blasphemous caricatures in line with an ‘agreement’ with the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) amid a noisy protest by the opposition members belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F).
Speaker Asad Qaiser, however, did not put the resolution tabled by a ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker as a private member’s agenda for a vote after the opposition protested over the government move to bring it into the house without prior consultation with them and demanded a full-fledged debate on the issue of Namoos-i-Risalat (the sanctity of the Prophet).