NA Speaker warns federal secretaries of suspension over inadequate answers

ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly (NA) Sardar Ayaz Sadiq warned bureaucrats, particularly federal secretaries, of suspension from service if they provide what he called inadequate and incomplete answers to the Parliament during question hour.

The speaker issued the ruling when the Ministry of Industries and Production did not provide what he called a complete answer in the form of a written reply to a question asked by lawmakers.

The speaker summoned the concerned secretary urgently to his chamber for an explanation.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Peoples Party and other opposition parties staged a walk out from the NA session over the improper answer given by Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali in relation to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra).

PPP MNA Nafeesa Shah and Abid Sher Ali also had a heated exchanged over the matter.

Abid Sher Ali informed the House that in the last two years, electricity worth Rs30.2 billion had been stolen from the system.

He informed the House that 40,000 First Information Reports (FIRs) against crimes of this nature had been registered and Rs7.36b had been recovered from defaulters and thieves.

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M.Saeed

Apr 24, 2015 01:39pm

Adequate answers need more than adequate home-work. But, these absentees simply prove their indifference. Secretaries only eye their perks and plots and nothing else.

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Ahmed Shaikh

Apr 24, 2015 02:04pm

NS, whenever in power, always trusts his bureaucrats more than his politicians. They are safe.

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Ishrat salim

Apr 24, 2015 02:12pm

First good job speaker sb that you have taken these bureaucrats to task, they are the main culprits who spoils the politicians and make them corrupt as they know the way in and out. Second, some one may ask mr abid ali as to why so much elctricity is being stolen and by whom. Where are those promises to bring electricity thieves to task ? Many of whom are perpetual offenders.

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AKeenReader

Apr 24, 2015 03:42pm

What sort of Govt ministers /Federal Secretaries do we employ who are not capable to answer questions asked? This is very alarming and has an impact how these ministeries operate. No chance in hell for pakistan to progress forward with people like these.

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Khalid

Apr 24, 2015 03:47pm

Abid Sher Ali, the nephew of the Prime Minister is the most disrecpected member of parliament in Pakistan. I have seen him on TV a few times. He is inarticulate, his comments usually lack logic and his rudeness is beyond belief. Another untouchable PMLN party member. Why should he care about anything or anybody, his uncle will always be there to save him. Nepotism will drown this government soon.

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responsible

Apr 24, 2015 03:54pm

Under what law and authority?

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ENGR OSMAN

Apr 24, 2015 06:38pm

Good to see our Speaker talking the stern stance - Pakistan can no longer afford ill-governance in key matters like infrastructure. Govt should induce fresh blood into state governance especially professionals with project management skills from North America who have been trained in delivering top-quality & always on-time mantra.

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