NA speaker in a fix over Ali Wazir's production order issue.

ISLAMABAD -- Like his predecessor, National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf seems to be reluctant in issuing production order of independent MNA Ali Wazir, forcing the secretary general of his own Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to go public on the issue and register an indirect protest over the move.

'[I] strongly urge speaker of National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to issue production orders of @Aliwazirna50,' tweeted PPP secretary general Farhatullah Khan Babar on Saturday, a day after presentation of the federal budget by the new coalition government in the lower house of the parliament.

'In the opposition, we always demanded it. @BBhuttoZardari addressed a letter to then speaker also. No reason, no explanation good enough to not issue production order,' wrote Mr Babar on his official Twitter handle, while reminding the speaker about the time when the PPP used to lodge the protest in the National Assembly against former speaker Asad Qaiser for not issuing the production order of Mr Wazir, who has been behind the bars for over 17 months for delivering allegedly anti-state speeches in Karachi.

PPP's Farhatullah Babar takes issue with Raja Ashraf's reluctance

Mr Wazir, who was elected from the NA-50 constituency in South...