Ministries should answer to questions in time or face ruling: NA speaker.

ISLAMABAD -- National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Thursday directed Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi to ensure that the ministries concerned should provide answers to the questions by the respective members of this august house in time.

He said the legislators worked hard in the whole process and when they do not get the proper response, it hurt their feelings and creates hurdles in the smooth flow of business in the lower house of the parliament.

The speaker made it clear that if the situation was not improved, the chair would give its stern ruling to streamline the proceedings of the...