ISLAMABAD:Minister for Communications Asad Mahmood has expressed the resolve to bring pro-people policies to provide relief to the masses.
Speaking in the National Assembly on Thursday, he said we have to lessen people’s sufferings like inflation and shortage of electricity. The Minister also stressed the need for focusing on electoral reforms at the earliest to ensure transparent and credible elections in the country. Taking the floor, Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Akbar Chitrali said utility bills of mosques and seminaries should be exempted from taxes.
He also demanded to declare Friday as a weekly off-day instead of Sunday and introduce proportionate representation in the country. Ahmed Hussain Deharr criticized policies of the previous government and urged the youth to be aware of the traps of the past rulers. He said moral values and traditions were disrespected during the past regime.
Mir Munawwar Ali Talpur drew attention of the House toward shortage of water in Sindh and urged the government to pay attention to this respect. Those, who spoke on floor of the House, include Raja Riaz, Ramesh Kumar, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Dr Shazia Sobia Aslam Soomro, Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha, Maulana Muhammad Anwar, and Aliya Kamran. The House has now been prorogued.