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Opposition to stage walkout from NA against Speaker

ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties have decided to stage walkouts from the National Assembly today and Friday against what opposition said biased and partisan attitude of Speaker National Assebly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq regarding their references against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Panama Papers’ leaks.

The meeting of joint opposition was held here with Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah in the Chair, which deliberated over the Speaker National Assembly’s ruling on references filed by different opposition parties seeking Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification for his and his family members alleged involvement in Panama scandal.

Khurshid Shah said that Speaker’s decision on the references made it clear who stood where. He also hinted at bringing a no-confidence motion against the Speaker. He said that whatever treatment the

Speaker meted out to the references made it clear that the decision was taken somewhere else. He said that bringing no-trust move against the Speaker was under consideration of the opposition parties.

PIT’s Shah Mehmood Quraishi said that Sadiq made the Speaker Office and even PML-N controversial through his ruling on the references. The meeting was attended by Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour of ANP, Shah Mehmood Quraishi, Sahibzada Tariqullah of JI and Tariq Bashir Cheema of PML-Q. MQM did not attend the meeting.