Summary The session will be headed by Ahmed Ahsan.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Opposition parties have decided to continue boycott of Senate session in protest against Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar’s behavior.
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Opposition Leader in Senate Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan.
On the occasion, the parties have decided to record their protest by holding a separate session on Shahra-e-Dastoor.
The meeting will be held outside the Parliament House in media s presence.
Opposition parties will discuss issue of drone attacks, petroleum and electricity prices.
OPPOSITION S DEMAND
The opposition parties had sought an apology from Chaudhry Nisar for misleading the House and providing incorrect figures about the victims of terrorism.
A war of words broke out between Rabbani and Nisar on October 30 after Nisar presented figures of casualties from terrorist attacks – stats which were swiftly challenged by an ANP senator who called them a “pack of lies”.
PPP senator Aitzaz Ahsan further asked the interior minister to take back the statistics and return with correct numbers.
Nisar remained unmoved in his seat and this response triggered a heated altercation among the members of the two benches.
Later, the opposition parties turned irritated and started protest in the Senate over confusing data provided by Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and finally staged walk out of the upper house of parliament complaining against misbehavior of the Interior Minister.
