PDM issues show cause notices to PPP and ANP over government members’ vote for opposition leader in Senate
Islamabad … News Time
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has issued show cause notices to the PPP and ANP on the vote of government members for the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. On the other hand, in the first formal session of the Senate, the PML-N candidate for the Leader of the Opposition, Azam Nazir Tarar, walked out of the House after receiving a gift from the Senator Dilawar Khan Group. In the Senate, there was a split in the PD on the issue of the Leader of the Opposition, but it became clear even before the Senate session when independent opposition parties in the PML-N’s Senate the meeting was chaired by Leader Azam Nazir Tarar. The meeting was attended by senators from PML-N, JUI, Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, National Party and BNP Mengal. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi also attended the meeting of independent opposition in the Senate.
Talking to media after the meeting, PDM Secretary General Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that show because notices have been issued to PPP and ANP with the approval of President PDM. Notices have been uploaded; the original copy will be given during the Senate session today. The PPP and the ANP have been given seven days to respond, which will be presented at the PDM summit. He said that the PDM summit would decide on the next course of action. The notice states that the PDM will not make the notice public. Both parties may make these notices public if they wish. Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjarani also attended the meeting of Independent Opposition Senators and called on the Senators of Independent Opposition.
On the other hand, when the first formal session of the Senate began, Leader of the Opposition Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Leader of the House Wasim Shehzad addressed the gathering. Independent senators chief Azam Nazir Tarar and others questioned the appointment of the opposition leader. Speaking on the point of no-objection in the Senate, Azam Nazir Tarar said that we should be allotted separate opposition benches. Everyone knows what happened in the House on March 12. Investigate hidden cameras in Senate elections. Five gifts were sent to make him the Leader of the Opposition. We were saddened by the case of the Leader of the Opposition. We 27 people will continue to play a role as a separate opposition. The Dilawar Khan group, which supported Gilani on Azam Tarar’s remarks, objected to Azam Nazir Tarar’s speech and Dilawar Khan walked out of the House along with four members. Earlier, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, said in his first address that those who think that Senate elections are easy are not like that. He had been contesting the National Assembly elections all his life so he had no idea. It is very difficult for people to become senators. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had an idea of the sense of deprivation of small provinces. That is why this House was formed. If this feeling had existed earlier, the fall of Dhaka would not have happened. “When I was prime minister, I used to stand up and answer questions myself,” he said. I will take the opposition with me. We will also be the voice of the government because this is our country. When PDM was formed, it became the voice of other sections including inflation and unemployment. Yousuf Raza Gilani said the impression was that there were more seniors in the Senate. When I came here, there were more young people.
Senate Leader Shehzad Waseem said that an alliance was formed here which was known as PDM. No vulture can stop the Prime Minister. “I invite the opposition to come and carry out electoral reforms,” he said. The Prime Minister has written a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly in this regard. Judicial reforms are also of key importance. It is not that the court is bad if the decision maker is disliked.
