Khawaja Asif strongly criticizes performance of the previous govt.

ISLAMABAD -- National Assembly resumed its session at the parliament house in Islamabad on Monday with Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in the chair.

The House adopted the motion expressing gratitude to the President of Pakistan for his address to both houses on 13th September last year.

Taking the floor, PPP leader Nafeesa Shah said that the PTI members have tendered resignations, stressing it should be our effort to bring them back to the house.

She emphasized the need for reducing political tension in the country in order to take matters towards improvement. She said a plan should be formulated to effectively deal with the economic issues.

PML-N leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif strongly criticized the performance of the previous government. He regretted that the PTI is instigating unrest and violence in the country.

He said our coalition government is faced with the gigantic task of price hike. He said time and peace is required to deal with such challenges.

He said the coalition government is cognizant of the grievances of the people of Balochistan and wants to address them.

Mufti Abdul Shakoor Khan said steps should be taken to improve the situation in tribal districts.

Noor Alam Khan said the people are faced with power outages during Sehr and Iftar time. He said requisite steps need to be taken to check the load shedding.

Qadir Khan Mandokhel said culprits involved in ransacking and attacking the Sindh House should be brought to justice to uphold rule of law in the country.

Salahuddin Ayubi said a new motorway from Chaman to Karachi and Punjab should be built to provide modern means of communication to the people of Balochistan.

Mehnaz Akbar Aziz expressed concerns on the growing polarization in the country. She said our youth is being used under a well thought out conspiracy to stoke hatred in our society. She said the women caucus of the parliament should be revived.

Rubina Irfan said the practice to dub political opponents as traitors should be shunned. She said...

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