Pakistan: Opposition holds Senate session on the streets

The members of the opposition held the Senate session outside the Parliament House to protest against the behaviour of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday, Geo News reported. Addressing from the session held outside the Parliament, PPP Senator Raza Rabbani said traditions were exploited in the Parliament House while it has been made hostage. Aitzaz Ahsan and other opposition leaders were also present at the occasion. During his address at Constitution Avenue, Senator Rabbani said the state is trying to suppress them by using powers. He further said that they will continue their struggle to uphold Parliamentary traditions. Raza Rabbani contended that giving a wrong answer in the Parliament is equivalent to exploiting the Parliament’s discretion. The opposition wanted Chaudhry Nisar to retract his statement but he made it an ego issue, although Foreign Office and Defence Ministry also termed it fallacious. Later, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Minister Abid Sher Ali reached at the opposition session outside the Parliament House. He tried to persuade the opposition members and said that he wanted to respond to their queries. The opposition chanted “shame, shame” slogans following which Abid Sher Ali left the venue.