Islamabad: Information Minister Shibli Faraz said that Prime Minster Imran Khan will attend the parliamentary session.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Shibli Faraz addressed the criticism from Opposition over Prime Minister’s absence from the special parliamentary session on coronavirus and explained that Imran Khan was unable to join the session due to other pressing matters at hand.
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“PM Imran will appear in the Assembly session; he didn’t earlier as he was busy with other matters at hand.”
Taking a jibe at Leader of Opposition Shahbaz Sharif, Faraz said that, “those who pressed for summoning the session and claim to be champions of democracy did not show up; this is a hypocritical behaviour.”
On the on-going debate on the 18th amendment, he said: ” “There shouldn’t be much hue and cry over it as a party that has enough numbers can make a constitutional amendment, but I believe that a debate should take place on this matter […] If we talk about any other amendment in the Constitution, there isn’t much hue and cry over it as the [opposition] does over the 18th Amendment. PML-N’s Abdul Qayyum has also filed a bill regarding amendments in the Election Commission of Pakistan. Why did he do that, then? It was also a part of the 18th Amendment.”
Moreover, Faraz appealed to the masses to observe precautionary measures as easing the lockdown was a tough decision for the government, taken after they had run out of options.
Meanwhile, briefing the media on the decisions made in the cabinet meeting held earlier in the day, he said: “PM Imran emphasised that power sector is important for the country as several things are associated with it, including the provision of cheap electricity and reduction in circular debt […] He instructed that reforms be made soon in the sector.”
