ISLAMABAD: With the Opposition in the National Assembly continuing its protests on Tuesday, even surrounding the Prime Minister and the Speaker National Assembly during Tuesday's session, Yousaf Raza Gilani deplored their 'unethical' and 'undemocratic' attitude, which did not help solve the problems of the people.
He said this during a meeting of the Pakistan Peoples Party MNAs and coalition partners at the Committee Room of the Parliament House under his chairmanship to devise a strategy during the budget session.
Addressing the meeting, the Prime Minister deplored the attitude of the Opposition, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), on the budget day and added that it history had repeated itself when the then opposition resorted to rowdyism and the treasury benches had to cordon off the Finance Minister and then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
The Prime Minister said that the civil society and the media did not like the extremely un-parliamentary, undemocratic and unethical behavior of the opposition party on budget day.
The Prime Minister said that the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) had decided not to disrupt the budget session of the Punjab Assembly where they have about 175 members.
The Prime Minister said that the people of Pakistan want the opposition to behave like a democratic entity and desist from hooliganism, and instead concentrate on pointing out the deficiencies in the budget and give proposals to the government for improving the health of the economy.
Protests continue
On Tuesday, members of PML-N encircled the Prime Minister and the Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza, protesting and chanting slogans.
They chanted ‘un-Constitutional Prime Minister unacceptable,’ ‘go Zardari, go,’ ‘go Gilani, go,’ ‘electricity thieves’, among others.
As some PML-N members encircled Mirza, she kept requesting them to return to their seats, but to no avail.
PML-N had started their protests during the budget speech by the Finance Minister on Friday.
Finance Minister briefs parliamentarians
Later, the Finance Minister briefed the Parliamentarians about the salient features of the new budget 2012-13.
Hafeez Shaikh said that there is a 25 per cent increase in the revenue collection amounting to Rs400 billion compared to last year.
The Finance Minister further said that tax relief has been proposed for the tax payers and increase of 20 per cent in pays and pensions for government servants.
He added that the new budget will provide social security network under the BISP to millions of families for which Rs70 billion has been proposed in budget 2012-13.
The Finance Minister said that after the 18th Amendment and 7th NFC Award, the Federal Government has given over Rs600 billion to the provinces out of the Divisible Pool.
The Finance Minister said that the total allocation of Rs300 billion of the Annual Development Programme (ADP 2011-12) have been fully utilised to complete 200 projects in FATA, Balochistan and especially in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Go baba go , remember? or was that too long ago?
He is abconvicted peron. He should go home.
Entire Pubjab is eating PML N to take an even harder stand because of the electricity issue.
And don't want a PM who is a convict avd just represents one ethnicity.
There is only one true opposition: PML N. But people are being Dissapointed that they are too soft. Frankly so am I. They need to protest harder and get rid of the PPP - MQM - ANP - PTI nexus.
I include PTI because they purposefully deflect criticism on Gilani by targeting the federal opposition.
this is tactics of PMLN to take focus of the public away from Imran khan
This guy (the PM) and his Finance Minister are both LOSERS. They are lying now and will do so in future to save their jobs-while the rest of country burns
Sharifs have mind of thieves. Whatever they launch is fraught with corruption. Now, they r to launch belectric generator scheme for tube wells. Instead of installing electric power plants in Punjab during their last 4 years, they r planing to start this scheme which will cost billions and fill Sharif pockets as well. I wonder why not they spend this much money on power plants instead of starting such scams
PML (N) is not behaving like a democratic party by doing all this agitation in the Parliament. They should have the guts to come out on street by resigning from the assemblies but for that, they have to sacrifice their very own Government in Punjab.
A convicted criminal passing judgement on others! What a joke