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No bodyguards on parliament premises, speaker warns MNAs |
2006-08-26 |
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Friday warned ministers and MNAs not to bring their private guards on Parliament House premises. "I think they (the ministers and MNAs) will act upon the rules. If not, they know what can be done under the rules," he said after MNA Riaz Hussain Pirzada raised the issue. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Niazi also favoured banning the entry of private guards and weapons on Parliament House premises. Pirzada said that a large number of private guards of MNAs and ministers gave the impression that everyone in Pakistan was scared of terrorism. "What impression will this have on foreigners? Moreover, the guards often misbehave with other MNAs, breaching their privileges," he said, adding that the private gunmen also breached parliamentary privileges. Pirzada said that the MNAs and ministers should ask Islamabad police for security. "Let Islamabad be a safe haven," he said while criticising the provincial chief ministers for bringing personal guards on Parliament House premises." Dr Niazi asked the NA speaker to issue directions for arresting private guards who moved on Parliament House premises with weapons. |
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