Standing committees issue in Punjab Assembly settled: Basharat Raja

Minister expresses deep concerns on unfavourable attitude of the opposition

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Local Government Basharat Raja said on Wednesday the issue of nominating the heads of standing committees in Punjab Assembly was settled with the opposition.

Talking to media persons outside the Punjab Assembly he said: “It was decided unanimously that 19 standing committees will be headed by the opposition while 21 by the treasury to which the government still stands firm.”

He said unfortunately, the opposition was creating an issue on those committees’ chairmanship that come on part of the treasury while the opposition has already secured headship of five to six committees. Even then the government was ready to implement the decided formula.

The minister expressed deep concerns on the unfavourable attitude of the opposition in the house and termed it against the parliamentary traditions and principles.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 16^th, 2019.