Ijaz Kakakhel Islamabad
The government and opposition, namely the PTI on Friday exchanged blame over the dismal performance of the economy in a heated session with the treasury berating the former ruling party for leaving the country’s economy in ruins.
The opposition maintained that the current economic woes were the lingering artefact of the previous PTI government’s dismal performance.
During a session chaired by Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, Leader of the Opposition Dr Shahzad Waseem said that the country was currently suffering from an economic crisis, adding that the state’s welfare was being sacrificed on the altar of personal gains in politics.
He said that there was still time left at the government’s disposal to take steps wisely and call general elections to give the people a chance to form their own government. The Leader of the Opposition while talking to the Upper House of the Parliament criticized the government for finding faults with the narrative and language of the opposition members under the garb of contempt and disrespect of institutions.
Shehzad Waseem alleged that the government was dragging the country’s system towards a new decline. “Chaudhry Fawad’s two daughters went to meet their father behind the bars instead of going to school that was really despicable for democracy. The daughters of Saifullah Khan Nyazee and Azam Swati should be queried for the humiliation they faced when police teams raided their bedrooms.
In the very next moment, he accused that those senators and members of the upper house who defend this conduct of the government should be ashamed to support it as just. Soon afterwards the treasury benches raised ruckus on the opposition leader’s harsh words for the government side. However, the Chairman Senate expunged the words of the opposition leader as undemocratic and unsuitable.
After facing a strong backlash from treasury benches particularly Senator Bahramand Khan Tangi and Senator Rubina Khalid, the leader of the opposition extended his apologies to the house and said, “I withdraw my statement. I also apologize from the little daughters of the politicians who faced persecution due to the government’s (alleged) victimization.”
Commenting on the government’s narrative on terrorism, he said, “They used Taliban to grab dollars and prove themselves liberals before America. Peshawar blast left Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in bloodbath and badly affected the Police Department.” He regretted that the federation sent malicious criticism instead of solidarity at this time when it was necessary to express solidarity.
