Ijaz Kakakhel Islamabad
The Pakistan People’s Party is gravely disappointed and dismayed over disallowing requisition of the Senate to discuss the recent Jaranwala mayhem in the name of religion.
Twenty-seven senators had submitted a signed requisition notice in the senate secretariat on September 1 under clause 3 of Article 54 read with Article 61 of the Constitution. The notice was submitted on their behalf by PPP Senator ShahadatAwan
However, five days later in a letter dated September 6 the senate secretariat said that the signatures of five PPP senators on the requisition motion “do not match with their signatures on the Roll of the Members” and therefore the “requisition does not fulfill the requirements for summoning of the senate session by the Honorable chairman senate”.
The five PPP senators whose signatures allegedly did “not match with their signatures on the Roll of the Members” were identified by the senate secretariat as Farooq H Naek, MianRazaRabbani, Palwasha Mohammad Zai Khan, Rubina Khalid and ShamimAfridi. In addition the signatures of senator Muhammad Akram were also declared to be not matching with his signatures on the Roll of the Members.
Expressing dismay over it PPPP Secretary General and president of the Human Rights Cell former senator Farhatullah Babar said in a statement that it was surprising that the senate secretariat did not call anyone of these six senators to confirm whether they had signed the requisition notice or not.
