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Islamabad, Aug 31 Stepping up pressure on Pakistan government over the killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, opposition parties today boycotted parliament and announced a sit-in in front of the House during their national strike tomorrow.
Former Premier Nawaz Sharif asked opposition to consider resigning enmasse from Parliament and appealed to Pakistanis to wholeheartedly support the call for general strike tomorrow against the army's killing of Bugti on Aug 26.
All transport links besides business establishments are expected to be closed tomorrow during the strike. Baloch nationalist parties announced that they too would organise the strike in Balochistan.
Opposition boycotted the National Assembly after raising protests over not being allowed to take part in the debate on the situation in Balochistan.
Addressing a joint Press conference later, PPP-P leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi said opposition had submitted the adjournment motion and had the right to debate but government members were also allowed to speak on the Balochistan situation.
Sharif told leaders of Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and the Islamist Muthahida Maujlis Amal (MMA) over phone from London that the time has come for opposition to resign from Parliament and go to the people.
He said his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) has already directed its members of National Assembly to hand over resignations to party leadership and the party would abide by any decision by the joint opposition parties. |
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