Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Information Minister Shibli Faraz on Tuesday said that Prime Minster Imran Khan will attend the parliamentary session and that he was unable to do so earlier due to other pressing matters at hand.
Faraz, addressing a press conference, said: “PM Imran will appear in the Assembly session; he didn’t earlier as he was busy with other matters at hand. Meanwhile, those who pressed for summoning the session and claim to be champions of democracy did not show up, [to you I say] this is a hypocritical [behaviour].”
“If we talk about any other amendment in the Constitution, there isn’t much hue and cry over it as the [opposition] does over the 18th Amendment. PML-N’s Abdul Qayyum has also filed a bill regarding amendments in the Election Commission of Pakistan. Why did he do that, then? It was also a part of the 18th Amendment,” pointed out Faraz.
“There shouldn’t be much hue and cry over it as a party that has enough numbers can make a constitutional amendment, but I believe that a debate should take place on this matter,” he said.
The information minister assured everyone that the reports of the sugar and independent power producers commission would be brought forward. “There are many hindrances that we are facing currently but the reports will be revealed may it be of sugar, wheat, or IPPs,” he said while mentioning that the respective commissions were probing the matter.
Faraz appealed to the masses to observe precautionary measures as easing the lockdown was a tough decision for the government, taken after they had run out of options.
Meanwhile, briefing the media on the decisions made in the cabinet meeting held earlier in the day, he said: “PM Imran emphasised that power sector is important for the country as several things are associated with it, including the provision of cheap electricity and reduction in circular debt […] He instructed that reforms be made soon in the sector.”
The information minister said that the cabinet also approved the Economic Coordination Committee’s decision made on May 6. The federal cabinet approved the names for the National Commission on the Status of Women, which include Shaista Bukhari from Punjab, Habiba Hasan from Sindh, Advocate Rubina Naaz from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Fatima Iqbal from Balochoistan, Sahabzadi Madiha Sultana from AJK, Asia Azeem from ICT, and other senior government officials.
