GILGIT, Jan 1: The Northern Areas Legislative Council members should be conferred the right to move no-confidence motion against the region’s deputy chief executive and formation of opposition benches in the council, PML-N’s provincial chief organiser and member of the NALC Hafiz Hafizur Rahman said on Sunday. GILGIT, Jan 1: The Northern Areas Legislative Council members should be conferred the right to move no-confidence motion against the region’s deputy chief executive and formation of opposition benches in the council, PML-N’s provincial chief organiser and member of the NALC Hafiz Hafizur Rahman said on Sunday.

Mr Raham said that NALC members were allowed to elect deputy chief executive, speaker and deputy speaker of the NALC but they were unable to move no-confidence motion against the deputy chief executive as the Legal Framework Order for Northern Areas, 1994, had no provision.

“Given the absence of such a provision (a no-confidence clause) the NALC legislators are being taken for granted”, he remarked.

The NALC member termed it undemocratic and said the council members were unable to play their role, adding it crippled the council and impeded efforts to upgrade its status.

He said the NALC’s helplessness in making the deputy chief executive accountable was the main reason why the council remained ineffective even 15 months after its creation.

He demanded full powers for the NALC members and said deprivation of powers had aggravated the region’s problems as they were already without representation in the National Assembly and senate.

Mr Rahman stressed the need for determining the constitutional status of the Northern Areas and said the council members had opposed the creation of reserved seats for technocrats and had instead called for an increase in general seats.

Mr Raham said that NALC members were allowed to elect deputy chief executive, speaker and deputy speaker of the NALC but they were unable to move no-confidence motion against the deputy chief executive as the Legal Framework Order for Northern Areas, 1994, had no provision.

“Given the absence of such a provision (a no-confidence clause) the NALC legislators are being taken for granted”, he remarked.

The NALC member termed it undemocratic and said the council members were unable to play their role, adding it crippled the council and impeded efforts to upgrade its status.

He said the NALC’s helplessness in making the deputy chief executive accountable was the main reason why the council remained ineffective even 15 months after its creation.

He demanded full powers for the NALC members and said deprivation of powers had aggravated the region’s problems as they were already without representation in the National Assembly and senate.

Mr Rahman stressed the need for determining the constitutional status of the Northern Areas and said the council members had opposed the creation of reserved seats for technocrats and had instead called for an increase in general seats.