The lawmakers shouted with slogans of ‘shame, shame’ when PPP Senator Sherry Rehman pointed out that according to some reports, a school headmistress in district Faisalabad, Punjab, beat a Christian girl for using the bathroom saying that was only specified for Muslim students.
The incident is very serious in nature because a Christian couple, some months back, was burnt to ashes in Kot Radha Kishan, district Kasur of Punjab for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran.
Former Pakistan ambassador to US Ms Rehman said, “The headmistress not only beat up the student but also locked her in the bathroom.
The girl was asked to clean the area as this was not her right to use it.
” She said that there was a single bathroom in the school.
She condemned the incident and asked for the registration of a case against the school head.
Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani asked the Leader of the House Raja Zafarul Haq to look into the matter.
He also asked for registration of a case against the school headmistress if the Christian student was beaten up.
However, Leader of the Opposition Aitzaz Ahsan called for a token workout over the issue.
The second issue on which the opposition mentioned as the main reason for its walkout was the much debated price issue of imported LNG.
PML-Q Senator Kamil Ali Agha, said, “Some media reports suggest that the government has finalized a 15-year deal with Qatar for import of LNG”.
He suspected that there was something fishy in the deal as the opposition had been asking the government to disclose the prices of LNG but the demand was never fulfilled.
Meanwhile, the Senate Cabinet Committee presented its report on the progress on relief work by the government agencies after 26 October earthquake.
The committee in the report suggest immediate appointment of ERRA chairman and Deputy Chairman and “Its scope may be enhanced and re-named as Disaster Risk Reduction Authority (DRRA),” the committee said.
The committee asked for minimum visits of the VVIPs to disaster-hit areas saying local administration utilized most of its energy in hosting these personalities and their staff.
It also recommended an increase in compensation for earthquake victims-Rs 200,000 for partially damaged and Rs 400,000 for fully damaged houses.
During the discussion on the report, Aitzaz gave a funny statement and said, “I am looking for some ‘Siddique Baloch’ in earthquake hit areas so that the PM could dole out billions of funds.
He gave a reference to recent announcement of PM about giving Rs 2.
5 billion package for district Lodhran on the request of PML-N’s former MNA Baloch ahead of the by-election there.
Earlier, Rabbani issued ‘final’ warning to some absent ministers during the question hour session.
“This is the last and final warning,” Rabbani said after coming to know that both minister and state minister of water and power were absent to reply to a number of questions without any intimation.
“I would take action next time,” he said.
In addition to that, the minister in-charge of climate change, which was supposed to submit a detailed report on relief activities in the aftermath of recent earthquake, was also absent that forced Rabbani to adjourn the proceedings for 15 minutes.
This is not the first time that the chairman warned the cabinet members for their absence.
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