Yousuf Talpur had signed their produc­tion orders but assemb­ly secret­ariat has now sent the matter to the law minist­ryThe government on Monday stopped issuance of production orders for Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique, barring them from attending the National Assembly and standing committee meetings. However, assembly secretariat sent the matter to the ministry of law without issuing any production orders. Sources claimed the speaker office contacted concerned officials of the assembly secretariat, asking them to refrain from issuing production orders for the PPP and the PML-N leader immediately. “The matter related to the production orders for Zardari and Rafique has been suspended and to do so, their political activities have been made as a reason,” sources added. “The concerned authorities have written a note on the production order summary that both the leaders do politics in the parliament.”Production orders for Asif Zardari, Saad Rafique issuedProtesting on the matter with the assembly secretariat, Talpur said, “Chairman standing committee is authorised to issue production orders as per the rules.”The production orders for Zardari were issued previously to attend industries and production committee meetings on July 8 and 9.

Source: The Express Tribune July 08, 2019 11:48 UTC