States any new NRO would benefit Sharifs onlyLAHORE: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly, Khursheed Shah, on Friday regretted the army spokesperson’s reaction to the recent statement made by Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique. Khursheed Shah stated that he did not find anything objectionable in the statement which was criticised by the army spokesperson on Thursday. Addressing the media in Lahore, the senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader said that he has examined Rafique’s remarks, delivered on December 24, and did not find anything controversial in them. “There was nothing [in Rafique’s statement] to warrant an immediate and such a big reaction from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). With regards to the ongoing traders’ protest in the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, the PPP leader said it is highly unjust that GB’s residents are being taxed without constitutional cover.

Source: Pakistan Today December 29, 2017 07:51 UTC