ISLAMABAD, OCT 14 /DNA/ – The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution endorsing the federal government’s imposition of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The Centre had imposed governor’s rule and emergency in KP on Sunday, citing the provincial government’s “deliberate disengagement” from the fight against terrorism.
The NA question hour session was suspended due to discussions on the emergency. Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Tariq Fazal Chaudhry tabled a motion regarding the proclamation of emergency, which was adopted with a majority vote following a discussion opened by Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar.
Throughout the proceedings, opposition members participated calmly and did not stage any loud protest, unlike past instances of ruckus when PTI objects to the Centre.
During the session, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari blamed the PTI’s KP government for the circumstances that led to the imposition of emergency in the province, terming it a “political suicide attack”.
Bilawal began his speech by highlighting that emergency and governor’s rule in KP were measures taken under the Constitution.
Reading the relevant provisions, Bilawal asserted that the Centre tried its best to “engage the opposition so this step did not have to be taken”.
“They will have to accept, even if not publicly, but the responsible leadership of the opposition knows that the PTI itself carried out a political suicide attack on its KP government,” he remarked.
The PPP chief maintained that the PTI could not deny that its “leadership, particularly in the province had a key role in the political, constitutional and legal circumstances” at present.
