ISLAMABAD: Opposition members walked out of the Senate on Friday after the Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan did not show up for a planned briefing on the Dawn Leaks issue.
Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani stated that they are not satisfied with the government’s claims of having settled the matter. Speaking during the session, Senator Aitzaz Ahsan said that the civilian government’s handling of Dawn Leaks.was ‘inept’. He added that if the issue has been ‘settled’ between two state institutions then it needs to be brought forward before the Parliament.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sheikh Aftab Ahmed responded that there is no winner or loser in this situation and that all institutions must realise the need to work within the confines of the Constitution.
Later, the opposition members walked out of the senate due to interior minister’s absence.
