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Call in Senate for interior minister's removal
2014-10-31
[DAWN] The Senate witnessed a rumpus on Wednesday when the opposition lodged a noisy protest over police action against the protesting employees of the Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) in Islamabad and the government's policy of privatising state-run enterprises.

Several senators, including members of treasury benches, opposed the policy, blamed Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
...Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle Fester Sharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture...
for the "brutal police action" and called for his removal.

Dozens of OGDC employees suffered injuries during the baton charge and tear gas shelling by police which stopped them from entering Red Zone as they wanted to stage a demonstration outside the Parliament House to protest against the government's decision to privatise the company despite earning huge profit.

Amid slogans, Leader of Opposition in the Senate Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan warned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
of withdrawing support to him if he did not change his attitude and review the government's policies.

"I want to put the prime minister on notice today. Mian Sahab! We had supported you and saved your rocking boat... If you are not ready to change your policies and do not reform yourself, do not eradicate corruption, do not order independent inquiries in Nandipur and LNG scams, do not stop favouring relatives, then your boat will rock again. And at that time, you will not find us behind you. Rather, you will find us in the opposite camp," he warned.

Most of the senators in their hard-hitting speeches took the absent interior minister to task for not taking any action against workers of the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
and the Pakistain Awami Tehrik even after their attacks on the Parliament House and PTV building on one hand and unleashing police force against unarmed labourers on the other.
Posted by:Fred