Parliament In-Camera Meeting Again Today. Islamabad

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 10:53 am

Parliament In Camera Meeting Again Today. Islamabad ISLAMABAD: The in-camera joint sitting of the Parliament on the national security issues was adjourned yesterday till meeting again today at 1500 am here.

National Assembly Speaker national Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza will be chairing the meeting.

A committee was instituted to hammer out a consensus draft regarding the national security

In last sessions, the members of Pakistan Muslim League-Q protested against registration of Karsaz tragedy case against Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. PML-Q parliamentarians Faisal Saleh Hayat and Kamil Ali Agha termed the case political victimization of the opponents.

The members staged token walkout from the parliament and were brought back to the session by the federal minister Khurshid Ahmed Shah, Advisor Interior Rehman Malik and Khwaja Saad Rafique of Pakistan Muslim League-N.

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani assured the parliament that the government could not think about victimization of the political opponents.

He said that Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was been booked in Karsaz tragedy case.

The opposition members of the parliament, during the closed-door proceedings of the session, demanded consensus on the security policy.