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Concern expressed over mode of PPP joining thenews.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenews.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In a letter to Speaker Asad Qaiser, Shehbaz Sharif wrote that the appointment of NCSW head had been made in derogation of the law/rules and by ignoring majority opinion/vote. DawnNewsTV/File ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif on Monday drew the attention of the National Assembly Speaker to what he called ‘illegal appointment’ of the National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) chairperson after the opposition parliamentarians’ written request for remedy in this regard failed to yield desired result. In a letter to Speaker Asad Qaiser, Shehbaz Sharif wrote that the appointment had been made in derogation of the law/rules and by ignoring majority opinion/vote. ....
Shehbaz rejects appointment of NCSW chief Says Fauzia Waqar was ignored although she had secured majority vote Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly addressing a session in National Assembly on June 15, 2021. PHOTO: TWITTTER/@NAofPakistan ISLAMABAD: Days after Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Nilofar Bakhtiar as the chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, while challenging the move, rejected it as an “illegal appointment”. In a letter written to the NA Speaker Asad Qaiser, the opposition leader expressed grave concerns over the appointment, which, he alleged, had “derogated the law and rules applicable on the subject” and ignored the majority opinion and vote. ....
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Nilofar Bakhtiar speaks during an interview with Reuters Television in 2007. Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday rejected Nilofar Bakhtiar’s appointment as chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW). “Nilofar Bakhtiar’s appointment is tantamount to dacoity [robbery] and insult to parliament,” said PPP’s Nafisa Shah in a statement. Referring to an in-camera meeting of the parliamentary committee on the appointment of the NCSW chairperson on June 15, the PPP’s MNA claimed that the other applicant, Fauzia Waqar, had got six votes, while Ms Bakhtiar had secured five votes during the election for the post. ....