Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan on Friday asked the parliamentarians of MQM and PML-N to refrain from allegations and counter-allegations for giving democracy a chance. ANP chief expressed his concerns over the highly personalised indecent remarks passed by MQM and PML-N leaders against each other through a point of order in the National Assembly.
Asfandyar said that it was the responsibility of parliamentarians to work for the betterment of democratic system. The personal indecent remarks hurled by the MQM and PML-N against each other are not democracy-friendly, he added. On Wednesday, the political junta of the country had touched its lowest ebb when PML-N and MQM locked horns on indecent remarks against each other.
It all started when opposition leader, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan passed some objectionable remarks against the MQM chief Altaf Hussain. In retaliation, Wasim Akhter and Haider Abbas Rizvi of MQM described the appearance of PML-N leadership. The political scenario of the country had changed a few days ago when JUI-F pulled itself out of the government and finally demanded replacement of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Afterwards, trading of allegations between MQM and PML-N aggravated the already uncertain future of the democracy. Meanwhile, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan told the National Assembly that over 4000 Pakistanis were languishing in Middle Eastern countries' jails.
As per breakup, the number of Pakistani prisoners Saudi Arabia is 1783, 700-800 in Abu Dhabi, 853 in UAE, 212 in Oman, 56 in Bahrain, 349 in Kuwait, 53 in Qatar, 65 in Iran, 40 in Yemen, four in Lebanon, three in Iraq and two in Jordan. On Wednesday, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit had told during a weekly press briefing that some 7000 Pakistanis were under detention in various countries of the world.
In response to the concerns and a number of question raised by the parliamentarians over closure of a large number of trains, Railways Minister Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that the government was not closing any train which was covering even 50 percent of its recurring cost. He told the house that 12 more trains would go off track in near future.