[DAWN] Pakistan People’s Party Senator Farhatullah Babar said the Senate must send a strong signal that it demands across the board accountability and rejects the notion of sacred cows.Taking part in the discussion during the Senate session on Tuesday, Babar said that the slogan of accountability will sound hollow without across the board accountability of every one by rejecting the notion of ‘holy cows’ whether in the security establishment or in the judiciary and without an effective Right to Information (RTI) law.
He said “as long as the sacred cows syndrome persists, accountability will remain a pipe dream”. “The notion of some institutions carrying out accountability through internal mechanisms was a myth the fallacy of which has been more than exposed,” he added.