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| Opposition boycotts PA session with usual gripe |
| 2014-05-28 |
| [DAWN] LAHORE: The opposition boycotted the Punjab Assembly session on Monday to protest against the chief minister for not allocating development funds to its members. Unlike the past occasions, the speaker avoided sending someone from the treasury to bring the opposition members back. Opposition Leader Mahmoodur Rasheed said the provincial government was disrespecting the people who had given votes to the opposition MPAs. "A year has gone by but the PML-N government has not bothered to give funds to the opposition politicians. It is an insult to the people of their (MPAs) constituencies," he said. Mr Rasheed also regretted that the government had included the PML-N defeated candidates in the district coordination committees at the cost of the elected ones. He said the PML-N leaders were not tired of talking democracy but their attitude was not democratic. He warned that the opposition would not let the speaker run the house even during the budget session if their grievances were not redressed. Deputy Speaker Sher Ali Gorchani, who was in the chair, did not bother to send someone from the treasury to bring the opposition members back. Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told the house in the absence of the opposition that he had arranged the meeting of the opposition members with the chief minister over the funds' issue. The opposition leader refused to meet the chief minister but the other opposition parties -- PML-Q, PPP and Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... -- members met the chief minister and discussed the issue. |
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