ISLAMABAD: Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Thursday staged a walkout together with a couple of different legislators on the studies of an alleged Intelligence Bureau (IB) memo claiming hyperlinks between parliamentarians and proscribed organizations.
The record named a lot of key ministers, together with Riaz Pirzada, Zahid Hamid, Baleeghur Rehman, Sikandar Bosan, Hafiz Abdul Kareem and Deputy Speaker of the Nationwide Meeting Murtaza Javed Abbasi.
Pirzada in his speech stated that he’s from a good household, and holds the distinction of his ancestors, including that why is he given ministry if he’s involved with proscribed organisations.
“I don’t consider in IB. I’m not a child, I’ve been in politics from greater than 50 years,” he stated. “The Prime Minister home ought to have instantly ordered an inquiry after receiving the report. If I’m a terrorist why I’m a minister.”
He added Inside Minister Ahsan Iqbal and Finance Minister ought to make clear if the inquiry was initiated by PM Home or not.
Responding to the minister’s speech, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq interrupted and informed Pirzada that whereas he was on a go to to Iraq, IB has filed a criticism in PEMRA that it’s a pretend doc.
“Come to my chamber tomorrow. I’ll name DG IB. It is a sub judice matter,” the speaker directed Pirzada.
Earlier, the federal authorities took discover of the memo and introduced to file case in Islamabad’s Secretariat police station.
The IB has additionally issued a proper denial of any such report or record. The federal government additionally suggested Pakistan Digital Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to take strict motion towards apparently mala fide reporting.
