MPs to focus Murree tragedy in Parliament.

Since the government has declared 'Murree and Galyat' as calamity-hit area after the deaths of tourists, the parliamentarians from treasury and opposition would focus its discussion on the troubled situation [in this hilly terrain] in the parliament.

Though President Arif Alvi has summoned the national assembly session to meet tomorrow specially for doing legislation on supplementary budget, yet the MPs would prefer to deliberate the deteriorating situation in Murree and Galyat. The opposition, as per its fashion, would blame the incumbent government for mismanagement in the area. PML-N's leader Shehbaz Shabaz Sharif and PPP-P's Co-Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari have strongly criticized the government over this calamity. The lawmakers from opposition benches, in the upcoming session, would grill the government for not properly handling the Murree situation. 'Despite the warning, the government has failed to control the situation in Murree,' said opposition leader in the Senate Yusuf Raza Gilani while...

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