Ruckus in assemblies due to ongoing accountability wave: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that the ruckus in assembly sessions is due to the ongoing accountability wave.

The PM was addressing the participants of the National Security Workshop in Balochistan. “The hue and cry in the assemblies is not because democracy is in danger but over our audacity to hold accountability”.

He said that the new government gave the concept of New Pakistan and a society progresses when the law is implemented.

The PM said that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor will open new ways of progress for the province of Balochistan. 

Opposition's NA walkout a pressure tactic to seek NRO: PM

Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan termed the walkout in the National Assembly by the opposition as a "pressure tactic to seek a National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and evade accountability for corruption in NAB cases."

“In a Parliament that costs taxpayers billions yearly, yet another walkout in NA by the Opposition shows that this is the only function they intend to perform,” PM Imran tweeted.

He added, “These are pressure tactics to seek an NRO and evade accountability for corruption in NAB cases not initiated by PTI.”

The premier further said, "Does democracy mean immunity from corruption of democratically elected political leaders? It seems for them being elected is a license to plunder the country."

During a session of the NA on Monday, the opposition walked out of the House as opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif demanded that there be a rebidding for the contracts of the Mohmand dam as the entire procedure seemed questionable.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government gave the contract after the process was started by the PML-N government.

However, when Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda stood up to reply to Shehbaz, the opposition walked out of the House in protest.