Members of the opposition on Saturday said Prime Minister Imran Khan should contact them directly about the committee for charter of economy, a private TV channel reported.
According to the report, Pakistan People’s Party’s Syed Khursheed Shah and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Ayaz Sadiq’s met with the government’s chief whip in National Assembly Amir Dogar and Ali Muhammad Khan. The leaders discussed the charter of economy in the meeting where the opposition said the prime minister should contact them directly regarding the charter of economy. Shah conveyed the message through Dogar and said the government considered their offer as a weakness and that now the prime minister should contact them directly.
“On one side they want to speak about the economy and on the other hand they are accusing us of asking for an NRO. Now Imran Khan needs to contact us for the charter of economy,” Shah said. “Whenever we speak to them, it seems like we are asking for an NRO. They need the NRO,” he continued. “The opposition not participating in the voting will be negative. Doing so will be giving a free hand to the government,” he added.
Former speaker and PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq said the government should not consider his party’s offer for charter of economy as its weakness. “Opposition is not vying for the charter of economy if the government has no interest in it. They should take input from the business community and other stakeholders for the proposed charter of economy so that the economic strategy can be made more effective,” he added.
A day earlier, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser had said PM Imran was ready to the constitution a special committee on charter of economy to cope with economic challenges facing the country. In a series of tweets posted on his social media account, Qaiser had said he had a meeting with the prime minister and they discussed different legislative, political and economic issues. “Prime Minister agreed to constitute a special committee on charter of economy to cope with economic challenges. We will get the opposition onboard for this greater cause of our country. This special committee for economy will consider only current economic conditions and will propose solutions,” Qaiser had tweeted. “I hope that government and all opposition parties will contribute in their best for country’s greater cause,” he added.
