Ruckus in NA over PR accident.

The Lower House of Parliament on Monday observed ruckus and uproar over the tragic train accident in Ghotki, the government held responsible the previous rulers while opposition asked for resignation of minister.

The house environment became worse when Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry in his speech held responsible both PPP and PML-N, as according to him both parties destroyed national institutions like PIA, Pakistan Steel Mills, PTV, Pakistan Railways and others.

The minister claimed that both made huge political appointments and destroyed these

public sector departments.

As the House began in evening with Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri on chair, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari asked the government to give up routine agenda and discuss the train accident.

PML-N's Ahsan Iqbal also supported and wanted to

discuss the tragic incident.

The PML-N leader regretted that government ministers were holding previous government responsible for the incident

During the PML-N government Rs43 billion was provided as developmental budget for PR while during

the PTI government the funds reduced to Rs16 billion only.

JUI-F chief Asad Mehmood demanded of the government to provide complete details of this and previous PR incidents in the House. Mohsin Dawar demanded independent inquiry of the incident in stipulated time period.

Responding to quarries of opposition questions, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that accidents were taking place in the railways due to shortcomings of many...