PML-N walks out of Senate over Haideri's selection

PML-N staged a walkout from the Senate session to protest against FATA senators being sent to the Opposition benches.


Express June 07, 2011
PML-N walks out of Senate over Haideri's selection

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) staged a walkout from the Senate session on Tuesday to protest against FATA senators being sent to the Opposition benches.

PML-N Senator, Ishaq Dar objected to the Chairman Senate has declared FATA senators of the government as a part of the opposition.

Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Ghafoor Haideri was elected Opposition leader in the Senate on Monday.

Meanwhile, Senator Haroon Akhtar said, no law bars them from sitting on the opposition benches.

COMMENTS (2)

Nadeem | 13 years ago | Reply @Pervez: Please don't insult your own religion, if you are a Muslim.
pervez | 13 years ago | Reply This is the last straw,now we have a bearded islamic extremist as the face of our opposition in the senate.What next,will we have beheadings and the stoning of women in the senate now also?
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