Senate session witnesses clear division in PDM, protest, walkout
News Desk
ISLAMABAD: As Senate met for the first session, five parties demanded allotment of separate Opposition benches. The Opposition alliance, the PDM, saw a clear division in the Senate meeting on Monday, with three opposition parties calling questions on Yusuf Raza Gilani, which also led to protests in the House.
“We are protesting in the House over the election of the three parties leader of the opposition,” said Senator Shafiq Taren.
League Senator Azam Nazir Tarar said that everyone knows what happened in the House on March 12. at this stage, four independent members of the House protested and objected to the speech of PML-N senator Azam Nazir Tarar.
Azam Nazir Tarar said in the House that you should create such an atmosphere here, we also tongue to speak.
On this occasion the Dilawar Khan group walked out of the session for not allocating separate seats.
Chairman Senate directed ruling party Senator Faisal Javed to bring back the opposition members.
During the meeting, PPP Senator Raza Rabbani introduced the Constitution Amendment Bill 2021 in the Upper House.
He said that the powers of the Senate are less than those of the National Assembly, where as the powers of the houses should be equal. The bill called for increasing the powers of the Senate.
Raza Rabbani said that the Chief Ministers of the provinces should be allowed to speak in the Senate.
Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjarani said that there will be a frank investigation into the house’s secret cameras in the Senate election.
The opposition leader in the Senate Yousuf Raza Gilani, has said that the PDM had a purpose that the Constitution, human rights be given, we will continue to raise voice for it.
Shahzad Waseem urged the formation of the committees to be given to the Chairman Senate. Senate unanimously approved the House motion.
Prior to the Senate meeting, the opposition parties had a meeting in the Senate of the PML-N, chaired by PML-N Senator Azam Nazar Tarar.
PDM Secretary General Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the purpose of issuing show cause notices to the PPP and the ANP is to ask the PPP to answer why you got the votes of the government members.
PDM chief issues show cause notice to PPP, ANP
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Yousuf Raza Gilani confirmed, the PPP had received the notice.
Five parties of PDM formed new bloc last week, and decided to part ways with the PPP and ANP.
As everything was ready, opposition party started opposing the opposition: Bilawal
New alliance having 27 members in the Senate included the PML-N, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F), Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), National Party (NP) and Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal).
