PDM excuses from cooperating government in legislative process

Islamabad: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) declared that the opposition will not cooperate with the government in the legislative process.

According to details, a meeting of the steering committee of the opposition parties was held today regarding the opposition’s cooperation in legislation. 

The opposition has written a reply to the Speaker National Assembly (NA) Asad Qaiser’s letter after holding a meeting of the steering committee.

It stated that the proposed draft laws were referred to the joint session of the Parliament. It added that the purpose of the committee has lost which was constituted to build consensus on legislation.

The opposition further stated that the NA speaker had constituted a committee for legislation on June 23 to discuss 21 draft laws approved by the National Assembly on June 10. "The federal government has not followed the prescribed procedures regarding the 21 draft laws," the opposition accused.

The letter stated that no session was held during the past eight weeks while three sessions of the committee were held on June 9, August 30, and September 9, respectively.

In its letter, the opposition said that due to the non-cooperation of the government lawmakers, the framework of the regulations was not finalized.

The opposition urged the government to formulate laws after building consensus and consultation in view of the public interests.