–Government drops bill from agenda at the last moment–FATA, Opposition lawmakers tear copies of the changed agendaISLAMABAD: The National Assembly witnessed another day of a ruckus on Monday as the opposition and lawmakers belonging to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) protested the removal of FATA reforms bill from the house’s agenda. The MNA also discredited the agenda of the day, saying it was someone else’s agenda, as in the “actual agenda the bill was there till this (Monday) morning”. “Will the minister [responsbile for this bill] spell out the reasons for which the bill has been dropped from the agenda,” he questioned. The ruling party’s lawmaker, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmad, said that further consultation is required to table the FATA reforms bill. It is not for the first time that the PML-N government has postponed the FATA reforms bill.

Source: Pakistan Today December 11, 2017 18:45 UTC