ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution and strongly condemned the recent acts of unprovoked firing by Indian troops at the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary that had resulted in the martyrdom of a number of people. The resolution, which was moved by Suriya Asghar, asked the government to extend necessary assistance to the victim families. The House also passed a resolution expressing its deep dismay over the shooting incident at Santa Fe, Texas in the United States, which claimed the lives of ten students including a Pakistani girl Sabika Sheikh. Lawmaker Shazia Marri of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) tabled the resolution,. Earlier, the House offered fateha for those martyred in recent acts of unprovoked firing by Indian troops along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary. Responding to the points of Shah Mehmood Qureshi of PTI, Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique said the political leadership needed to demonstrate maturity and refrain from steps that stoke intolerance and chaos in the society. He said difference of opinion was beauty of democratic system but “we should not spread hatred”. He said his party was not in favour of the disqualification of any political figure be it Jehangir Tareen of PTI or any other leader. He said that the name of former President Parvez Musharraf was removed from the ECL following the court’s order. He said despite the abusive language used by the PTI leadership during the sit-in, the mandate of the PTI’s members was protected and their resignations were not accepted. Moreover, the House passed five bills, including The Banks (Nationalisation) (Amendment) bill, 2018, the Investment Corporation of Pakistan (Repeal) Bill, 2018, the SBP Banking Services Corporation (Amendment) bill 2017, the Loans for Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Purposes (Amendment) Bill, 2017 and the Joint Maritime Information Organisation Bill, 2018. Minister of State for Finance Rana Afzal Khan presented before the House the second quarterly report of the Board of Directors of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on the wstate of the country’s economy for the year 2017-18. Published in Daily Times, May 25th 2018.