“All parties of the joint opposition have a very mature vision, extensive experience and seriousness on critical issues related to the Constitution, the country and the people,” said the statement, adding that in the past too, they always played a historic role in safeguarding and promoting the rights and interests of the country and the masses. It said that despite the absence of Prime Minister Imran Khan and “his complete detachment from important national and public issues”, the opposition parties had not only fully participated in the previous briefings and meetings convened on national security, but the top leadership of the united opposition also gave their valuable suggestions.

The joint opposition stated that the opposition parties had always shown very responsible and serious attitude on all issues relating to the Constitution, national security and public importance.

She said the united opposition had informed the government about the decision.

In a statement issued here on Thursday, Ms Aurangzeb said that the joint opposition had made the decision to boycott the in-camera meeting of the PCNS due to the government’s attitude of bulldozing important draft bills in the recently-held joint sitting of parliament and its “persistent authoritarian approach” on important constitutional, legal, national and security issues.

The speaker has convened the PCNS meeting on the one-point agenda on Dec 6, inviting all 29 members of the committee, including Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, for discussion.īesides 29 members of the committee, the speaker has also issued special invitations to 22 others, including the four chief ministers and other senior officials of the ministries of foreign affairs, interior, defence and finance. ISLAMABAD: The joint opposition in parliament on Thursday announced that it would boycott the upcoming meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) convened by National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser for a “presentation” by National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf on the government’s national security policy.Īccording to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb, the decision has been made by the opposition parties after mutual consultations.

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