Punjab

'Unification Bloc' steps in to Punjab Assembly

Breakaway group of PML-Q allotted separate seats in the Punjab Assembly.

Express February 15, 2011

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly speaker Rana Iqbal Khan on Tuesday accepted the “Unification Bloc” as a separate parliamentary group and allotted its members separate seats in the provincial assembly.

This follows 44 Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) ministers of the provincial assembly (MPAs) seeking separate seats in the Punjab Assembly in a meeting with the assembly’s speaker earlier last week.

The breakaway group of the PML-Q sides with the treasury in the assembly and has sought the speaker’s approval to sit on separate seats.

The group, which claims to have over 40 members on board, has chosen Tahir Ali Javed, a former provincial health minister as their leader.

The move came after the ruling PML-N felt the need to strengthen the treasury in case the coalition PPP partners decide to quit the government.

Political observers feel that if this group decides to side with the treasury, a prolonged legal battle on who really represents PML-Q may ensue.

COMMENTS (3)

muhammad aamirshahzad | 13 years ago | Reply i think it is a slap on the face of democracy.it shows that mian sb,s claim of politics of values is totally wrong.it shows that every step right or wrong is acceptable and right ifit is in their interest.

True pakistani | 13 years ago | Reply AHZ, are you insane? I support the unification bloc as now there can finally be some development in punjab. During musharrafs rule, sugar prices were stable-cutting it short, there was major progress. This government has failed. Lets hope the unification bloc can guide the government back to the straight path.

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