The federal government and the opposition were at loggerheads in the National Assembly on Friday as the latter claimed “not enough” was being done to provide relief to those affected by the recent floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with the PTI walking out of the session.
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan expressed his dissatisfaction with the help provided by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to the flood-affected population of KP, stating that the authority “did not help as much as it should have”.
“I say at this forum that we will continue to be at odds with the NDMA,” Gohar said on the floor. “I said day-before-yesterday that the NDMA only gave us a few supplies in Buner, while 236 people have been killed, 120 are injured, and 1,470 shops and 875 homes have been destroyed.”
Gohar was then interrupted by Law and Human Rights Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, before Speaker Ayaz Sadiq stepped in and offered to arrange a visit of the opposition to the NDMA’s head office.
Tarar termed Gohar’s complaint as “politics just for the sake of politics” and urged the party to focus on people’s issues.
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