 National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Friday rejected a Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) demand to offer ‘fateha’ for the soul of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi in the National Assembly. US and Iraqi officials on Thursday claimed that Zarqawi was killed near the city of Baquba, 65 kilometres north of Baghdad. As the house resumed its session, MMA legislators Maulana Ghafoor Haidri and Dr Fareed Piracha demanded the house offer fateha for Zarqawi. The speaker said that according to the rules, the house could offer fateha only if a present or former member of parliament or their relative die. The MMA members did not press their point. | "We withdraw the question, Mr. Speaker. Don't forget we know where you live." |
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