ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Opposition members have submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly seeking a debate on crisis management failure in the wake of the October 8 earthquake, sources told Dawn on Monday.

The sources said that 12 members, belonging to the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N, had submitted the motion under Rule 92 of the Rules and Procedure for Conduct of Business in the National Assembly 1992.

“The government has failed to organize the crisis management as seen practically on Oct 8 at the time of earthquake disaster causing casualties of thousands of innocent citizens. This has caused grave concern among the public throughout the country. The matter is very serious in nature and needs discussion on the floor of the house adjourning the normal business of the National Assembly,” the motion stated.

The motion has been signed by Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Syed Naveed Qamar, Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Ghulam Murtaza Satti, Naheed Khan, Mehreen Anwer Raja, Syed Nayyar Bokhari and Zamarrud Khan of the PPP and Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Khawaja Mohammad Asif of the PML-N.

Meanwhile, sources said that nine opposition members had also submitted an adjournment motion.

“We give notice to move an adjournment motion on the failure of the CDA, Islamabad, in supervising and looking after the construction of Margalla Towers in Sector F-10 as per rules which collapsed resulting in a number of deaths of innocent persons,” the motion stated.