PML[N] thwarts govt bid to move resolution against Taliban
18 Oct 2012 6:26 AM IST
Pakistan government was forced to drop a move to seek Parliament’s support for action against militants in the wake of the Taliban attack on teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, due to stiff opposition from PML [N] of former Premier Nawaz Sharif.
The PPP-led ruling coalition dropped its plans to introduce a resolution in the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament yesterday after opposition from the PML [N].
Though the text of the resolution was not made public, sources said it called for ‘practical measures’ against militants in reaction to the shooting of 14-year-old Malala by the Pakistani Taliban.
Once it became clear that the ruling coalition would not be able to achieve consensus on the resolution, the move was dropped and the current session of the House was prorogued.
Senior PML [N] leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, said the resolution was a precursor to a military operation in the Waziristan tribal region though Mualana Fazlullah, considered the mastermind of the attack on Malala, was hiding in Kunar province of Afghanistan.
Khan also accused the government of failing to implement previous parliamentary resolutions aimed at tackling militancy.
Religious Affairs Minister Khursheed Ahmed Shah, who is the PPP’s chief whip, rejected Khan’s allegations and said there was no mention of Waziristan in the proposed resolution.
He said the PML-N could make changes to the draft or move a separate resolution on the issue.
MALALA REMAINS STABLE, WILL NEED RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Pakistani teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai ‘remains stable’ but would have to undergo reconstruction surgery in the coming days, the hospital and doctors attending her said. ‘Malala spent a second comfortable night at the hospital and continues to be cared for by Queen Elizabeth and Birmingham Children?s Hospital doctors’, a statement issued by the Birmingham hospital said. It added that Malala ‘remains stable’. Medical Director of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Dav Rosser, said Malala would require reconstructive surgery. He reiterated that that Malala had chance of making a good recovery. Rosser said last night that that the team of specialists from hospitals had been ‘impressed with her strength and resilience.’ Messages of support and offers of financial assistance for Malala have been flooding in to the hospital. A message board has been set up on the Trust’s website to allow well-wishers to leave their messages of support. The teenager schoolgirl was shot last Tuesday in the head by the Taliban for her campaign supporting girls’ education. Malala was flown to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in an air ambulance from Pakistan on Monday evening for treatment.
The PPP-led ruling coalition dropped its plans to introduce a resolution in the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament yesterday after opposition from the PML [N].
Though the text of the resolution was not made public, sources said it called for ‘practical measures’ against militants in reaction to the shooting of 14-year-old Malala by the Pakistani Taliban.
Once it became clear that the ruling coalition would not be able to achieve consensus on the resolution, the move was dropped and the current session of the House was prorogued.
Senior PML [N] leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, said the resolution was a precursor to a military operation in the Waziristan tribal region though Mualana Fazlullah, considered the mastermind of the attack on Malala, was hiding in Kunar province of Afghanistan.
Khan also accused the government of failing to implement previous parliamentary resolutions aimed at tackling militancy.
Religious Affairs Minister Khursheed Ahmed Shah, who is the PPP’s chief whip, rejected Khan’s allegations and said there was no mention of Waziristan in the proposed resolution.
He said the PML-N could make changes to the draft or move a separate resolution on the issue.
MALALA REMAINS STABLE, WILL NEED RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Pakistani teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai ‘remains stable’ but would have to undergo reconstruction surgery in the coming days, the hospital and doctors attending her said. ‘Malala spent a second comfortable night at the hospital and continues to be cared for by Queen Elizabeth and Birmingham Children?s Hospital doctors’, a statement issued by the Birmingham hospital said. It added that Malala ‘remains stable’. Medical Director of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Dav Rosser, said Malala would require reconstructive surgery. He reiterated that that Malala had chance of making a good recovery. Rosser said last night that that the team of specialists from hospitals had been ‘impressed with her strength and resilience.’ Messages of support and offers of financial assistance for Malala have been flooding in to the hospital. A message board has been set up on the Trust’s website to allow well-wishers to leave their messages of support. The teenager schoolgirl was shot last Tuesday in the head by the Taliban for her campaign supporting girls’ education. Malala was flown to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in an air ambulance from Pakistan on Monday evening for treatment.
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