ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday said that the opposition would fully support the government if any conspiracy was hatched against the democracy.
Speaking in the National Assembly, Nisar said the opposition would never become a part of any conspiracy for derailing the democracy. “We never hatched any conspiracy in the past and would never be part of any conspiracy in future,” he said.
He said the government should also evaluate its performance during the last four years.
Ch Nisar said the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani should contradict the statement of former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in her book.
He claimed that the Shamsi Airbase was handed over to the US forces on just verbal instructions of former President Pervez Musharraf, which was used for attacks on Pakistani soil. If there was any agreement in this regard it should be presented to the parliament, he added.
He also criticised the government for creating confusion regarding the illness of President Asif Ali Zardari. He said the nation and the parliament should have been informed timely about the exact nature of illness of the president but the government officials issued contradictory statements in that regard.
Commenting on the statement of prime pinister in the Senate about conspiracies, he said the opposstion had assured several times to the government that it would never be a part of any conspiracy and support any unconstitutional step.
Accepting demand of the opposstion leader, Speaker of the National Assembly Fehmida Mirza announced to form a committee of senior members of opposition and government to discuss how to run business of the National Assembly in an effective manner and set agenda for discussing issues.
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