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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution vehemently condemning the child sex abuse scandal in Hussain Khanwala village in Kasur disctrict that has sparked widespread criticism and shock throughout the country.
The resolution asks the Punjab government to investigate reports of child molestation and blackmail through videos, urging exemplary punishment for the culprits.
Read: More arrests in Kasur child sex abuse scandal.
Tabled by multiple parties in the house, the resolution expresses sympathy with the victims of abuse and their families and calls upon implementation of child protection laws.
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| A copy of the resolution passed by NA on Monday. |
Opposition walkout
Earlier during the session, opposition lawmakers had staged a walkout from the NA after speaker Ayaz Sadiq did not allow PTI members to table an adjournment motion over the Kasur scandal, saying the matter came under the provincial government's domain.
"This is a provincial matter; I cannot break the law," Sadiq asserted.
An adjournment motion if accepted allows the house to set aside normal business to discuss a definite matter of urgent public importance.
After not being given the chance to speak on the assembly floor, members of the Pakistan Peoples Party and those from Jamat-i-Islami also supported PTI in their walkout.
Meanwhile, members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) also walked out of the NA session, protesting over the alleged extra-judicial killings of its workers in Karachi.
MQM leader Dr. Farooq Sattar said Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan must provide guarantees to their party in relation to the ongoing Karachi operation.
Earlier in the day, while speaking on the floor of National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar had asked MQM to “control their chief Altaf Hussain,” and told MQM lawmakers they “have no control on what happens in London” where party supremo Altaf Hussain has been residing for years.
