Crying foul: Resolution moved against NA speaker

LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition, Mian Mehmoodur Rashid on Tuesday submitted a resolution in the Provincial Assembly against National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq over his treatment of references seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. On Monday, Sadiq dismissed a reference seeking prime minister’s disqualification and sent a reference seeking PTI chairman’s disqualification to the Election Commission of Pakistan. The resolution submitted by Rashid described National Assembly speaker’s decision as biased. It condemned the decision and called upon the NA speaker to resign from his office immediately.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 7^th, 2016.