LAHORE: The National Assembly passed on Thursday a resolution condemning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed’s ‘anti-Parliament’ remarks.
The resolution, presented by federal minister Baleegh-ur-Rehman, stated that Imran and Rashid’s verbal onslaught on the parliament was akin to “disrespecting the nation.”
“The parliament is a department of democracy, with which the country’s stability and prosperity are tied up,” the unanimously passed resolution stated.
“No other system can work in the country,” it declared.
During the session, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif and Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah vehemently lashed out at some members of Wednesday’s ‘joint opposition rally’ for their verbal attack on the Parliament.
“All limits were crossed in the [joint opposition] rally,” Asif remarked in the assembly, adding that the “frustrations” of the opposition leaders knew no bounds.
He said that the leaders should be brought before a parliamentary committee of National Assembly. “They should be summoned, and if they still don’t come then arrest them and bring them here [assembly].
“Those who are members of this House and want to become the prime minister have insulted it,” Asif had said.
Earlier today, the PTI Chairman had reiterated his stance regarding the parliament.
“When a Parliament, which must protect [the] nation’s interests, passes a person-specific law allowing a disqualified person guilty of Rs3bn money laundering, tax evasion, concealment of assets, forgery and perjury to become head of a [political] party, then such a law is a “laanath” on [parliament],” Khan wrote in a tweet.
When a Parliament, which must protect nation's interests, passes a person-specific law allowing a disqualified person guilty of Rs 3 bn money laundering, tax evasion, concealment of assets, forgery & perjury to become head of a pol party, then such a law is a "laanath" on Parl.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 18, 2018