Islamabad (December 14, 2017): Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday feared that the assemblies might not complete the term and added that he was seeing a greater plan in the offing.
Ayaz Sadiq said that he does not see the assembly completing its tenure as “what’s happening now has never witnessed before”.
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He said, “I am not an astrologer. I hope Govt would complete its constitutional term but I don’t foresee it happening.”
“I feel something is about to happen… things are completely different from 2002 and 2008,” Sadiq saild. Ayaz Sadiq said that all the opposition parties except the one intend to see the government to complete its tenure.
The speaker said this was the first time he has felt hopeless towards politics. Talking about the Faizabad sit-in and Model Town turmoil, Sadiq said the government could not do much as it was feared that even the slightest use of force would wreak havoc.
“I was not this upset even in 2002 during Musharraf’s tenure as I’m now,” he said. “It is not necessary that martial law disrupts the system, but Pakistan has been vulnerable in the past.”
Nevertheless, Sadiq said, the government and even parties in the opposition — with the exception of one — want the government to complete its tenure.
“Now it is for the public to decide who has the potential to make the country better.”
He added there is a need to strengthen the country’s system as “external threats are much bigger than the internal threats”.
Our internal challenges are bigger than those of external, Sadiq said. “I always ask the political parties that the system should be strengthened for overall improvement in the country,” he said.
I pray for the stability of Pakistan as our country is everything for us, the Speaker said.
The NA speaker also expressed concern over the delimitation bill not being passed and said small provinces of the country will take the issue to the court.
Sadiq added that if Punjab was ready to reduce the number of its seats for the benefits of the smaller provinces, the provinces will inquire and go to court as provinces are in agreement.
However, Sadiq said, the Election Commission of Pakistan has asked for time to go through the process.
“Chances are that people will start resorting to the option of [demanding] resignations.”
The delimitation of constituencies was decided in line with the provisional results of the latest census.
The bill has already been adopted by the National Assembly, but the government has so far failed to get it approved by the Senate, despite repeated attempts.
Pakistan Peoples Party has played a vital role in this as they have been saying since day one that the system must not be derailed, the speaker added.
According to the new delimitation of constituencies, Punjab’s seat share in the National Assembly will decrease by nine seats, while Islamabad will get one more seat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa five and Balochistan three more.
NA seats for FATA and Sindh will remain unchanged.
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