LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPAs have submitted three resolutions to the Punjab Assembly against lifting of a ban on Basant, alleged land-grabbing by the Punjab law minister and permission for hunting of houbara bustard.

While an MPA has submitted an adjournment motion condemning unbridled spending of public money on vehicles by the chief minister, ministers and bureaucracy.

PTI MPA Nabeela Hakim has submitted a resolution in the assembly secretariat against the lifting of ban on Basant.

She contends that lifting of ban on Basant is tantamount to playing with the lives of people and adds that hundreds of people have already lost their lives to this “bloody sport”.

She demanded in her resolution that the ban on Basant should not be lifted.

MPA Saadia Suhail Rana has submitted a resolution condemning grant of permission to the Qatari Royal family to hunt houbara bustard, which migrate in Pakistan during the winter.

She stated the House demanded that the federal government should cancel the permission of hunting houbara bustard because it had already been listed among the endangered species.

According to estimates, she said that there were only 97,000 houbara bustard left in the world.

She demanded that the federal government should instead take measures to protect houbara bustard.

MPA Shoaib Siddiqui stated in his resolution that a private channel was continuously discussing that law minister Rana Sanaullah had illegally occupied the state land and established his outhouse in Faisalabad.

He stated that the revenue department reported that the land was owned by the irrigation department.

Mr Siddiqui demanded that Rana Sanaullah should explain his position otherwise the whole Punjab government would be facing severe criticism from all around.

MPA Murad Rass has submitted an adjournment motion against the spending of public money on the unbridled use of official cars claiming that Rs1.22 billion had been spent on fuel, repair and maintenance during the last three-and-a-half-years.

He stated that the official vehicles were being used for family purposes.

Mr Rass claimed that some ministers and secretaries were having two official vehicles each, while the chief secretary and the additional chief secretary have six and four vehicles, respectively.

Published in Dawn December 8th, 2016