Daily Times

The National Assembly (NA) Monday passed a resolution against the arrest of a sitting legislator’s nephew hailing from the opposition benches in a fake case by the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment.

NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, after suspending the rules of the lower house of parliament, allowed the respective member Fayyaz-ud-Din to present the resolution on the request of Minister for Law and Justice Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.

The resolution condemned the arrest of former Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly Dost Muhammad Mazari in an alleged land encroachment case. The disgruntled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf member of the provincial assembly (MPA) was arrested when he was visiting his ailing grandfather former caretaker Prime Minister Balakh Sher Mazari at a private hospital.

The resolution urged the Punjab government to release the respective MPA on an immediate basis as he is framed in a fabricated case for the political victimization. Meanwhile, National Assembly on Monday offered Fateha for the departed soul of former Prime Minister Balakh Sher Mazari. NA Speaker Raja Parvaiz Asharf asked Jamaat-e-Islami’s legislator Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali to offer Fateha for the departed soul of Mazari and those police officers who lost their lives in the attack of dacoits in district Ghotki on Saturday night. Maualna Chitrali prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed souls in Jannat-ul-Firdous and give patience to the bereaved families to bear this irreparable loss with equanimity.

The NA session started fifty five minutes late from its scheduled time. It is pertinent to mention that former caretaker Prime Minister Sardar Mir Balakh Sher Mazari passed away on Friday at the age of 95. In another incident, a group of armed bandits attacked the police in the Kacha area of Ronti, Ghotki, on Saturday night, killing five cops and leaving two injured. More than 150 dacoits attacked the police post, killing five policemen including a Deputy Superintendent of Police and two Station House Officers.