Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Lawmakers in the National Assembly on Friday paid rich tribute to Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl’s senior parliamentarian Haji Munir Khan Orakzai who died of cardiac arrest on June 3 and said that his services for democracy and the country would be remembered forever.
Munir Orakzai had contested the 2018 general election on the ticket of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) from the NA-45 Kurram constituency and won the seat with a good margin. This was the fourth time that he won from this constituency. In the previous three elections, he was elected MNA as an independent candidate. In 2018, he joined the JUI-F and was re-elected.
Soon after the start of the house proceeding, Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser who chaired the house after recovering from coronavirus, said, “Today I am very sad due to death of our honorable member National Assembly Munir Khan Orakzai. Munir was a valuable member of this house whose contribution for the strengthening of Parliament will be remembered.”
Senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Khawaja Asif while paying rich tribute to Munir Orakzai said he had played vital role in FATA reforms and development of FATA.
He said Munir Orakzai had always played a role for the welfare of the people of his area. Khawaja Asif said that opposition leader had written a letter to Speaker National Assembly to discuss Pakistan International Airlines crash, crisis of flour and sugar and coronavirus as well.
