Dawar said a “state cannot be run like the way Pakistani state is functioning by crushing dissent”. Responding to Dawar, Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed claimed that PTM leaders had in a recent speech abused and used “expletives” against the parliament and parliamentarians. He demanded of the PTM leaders in the house to apologise for the alleged speech because the issues of tribal areas could be discussed. He alleged that the PTM leaders had also opposed the fencing of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, which he said was crucial to stop the flow of terrorists from Afghanistan into the country. Saeed alleged that Dawar had acknowledged Afghanistan’s support for the PTM and questioned why “action is not being taken against him”.

Source: Pakistan Today January 30, 2020 15:50 UTC