[Pak Daily Times] The opposition Pakistain People's Party (PPP) and Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) on Wednesday went for a boycott of the National Assembly session against what they called the "egoistic posture" of Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan who, they said, ridiculed the opposition benches.
Walking out from the session, both parties announced boycott of the House proceedings until Nisar withdrew his remark that an opposition party, an apparent reference to PTI, had created a "drama" on verification of voters' thumb impressions. Despite the demands of opposition leader Khurshid Shah and PTI's Deputy Parliamentary Leader Shah
Mehmood WormtongueQureshi, the interior minister did not withdraw his statement, although he explained that he had not referred to the conduct of these parties inside the House but outside, in pressers.
"The way the minister ridiculed the opposition vitiated the atmosphere of the House," Shah remarked and referred to conduct of Nisar in Senate last month when the opposition parties were holding their separate meeting outside the Parliament House. More embarrassment came for the government when proceedings resumed after Zuhar prayer break when quorum broke as opposition partied walked out from the House. The session was adjourned for a brief period to let the treasury bring back its members but the quorum could not be completed.
Deputy Speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi was left with no option but to adjourn the session for Thursday. The tug of war between Interior Minister Nisar and opposition side deprived the members of the chance to speak on law and order situation that was on the order of the day under a motion moved by the government last week. The tension was triggered when opposition leader Shah sought an explanation from the government over what he said was handing over of NADRA to the Election Commission of Pakistain, and statement of the minister that magnetic ink was not used in 60,000 to 70,000 votes in different constituencies, etc.