The PPP accused the PML-N of \u201ccolluding\u201d with the PTI during National Assembly proceedings on Wednesday, after the speaker ended the session early when PTI\u2019s Iqbal Afridi pointed out a \u201clack of quorum\u201d ahead of an agenda item regarding the renaming of Islamabad International Airport. The last item on the day\u2019s agenda was a calling-attention notice from First Lady Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari and other PPP lawmakers, intended to draw the defence minister\u2019s attention to the delay in naming the New Islamabad International Airport after former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, in recognition of her services to democracy and the country. However, as the day\u2019s proceedings continued, acting speaker Ali Zahid, who belongs to the PML-N, ended the session abruptly during the question hour while PPP MNA Abdul Qadir Patel was speaking. PTI MNA Iqbal Afridi pointed out the lack of quorum while Patel spoke, prompting the speaker to have the members counted. \u201c63 members are present, the house is not in order,\u201d Zahid said, ending the session early. With their mics switched off, PPP lawmakers staged a noisy protest on the floor of the house. Addressing the media after the session\u2019s abrupt end, PPP MNA Shazia Marri termed the move \u201ca conspiracy\u201d against the PPP, alleging that \u201cit appeared as if the PML-N and PTI were colluding.\u201d \u201cThis reeks of a conspiracy [\u2026] the session ended at 11-11:15, not even an hour had passed, and we are now standing here holding a press conference.\u201d Addressing the media, she said, \u201cQadir Patel also went to the speaker and spoke to him,\u201d she said, adding that \u201cnow that we are standing here with you, it does feel like a conspiracy and intentional\u201d. \u201cPTI is already quite non-serious[\u2026]however, we were not expecting this from PML-N,\u201d the PPP leader lamented. The PPP leader, in a veiled warning to the coalition partner, said that \u201cgiven the state of the country, [\u2026] the PML-N ought to be more careful\u201d. \u201cMeting out such treatment to a party that is mature and sensible is unacceptable,\u201d she said. Separately, Patel, while speaking to the media afterwards, alleged that PML-N leaders were \u201csitting in the lobby\u201d while the quorum was called, also terming it a \u201cwell-thought-out conspiracy.\u201d \u201cMy question had not yet been completed during the question hour, so how was a member allowed to point out a lack of quorum?\u201d he asked. \u201cIf the location of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Airport has been changed, then why can the name not be changed?\u201d \u201cShaheed Benazir does not need any praise; these people are small-minded, and they will remain as such,\u201d Patel said. Patel vowed that, in case the government does not respond, \u201cthe party will decide its future course of action during its next meeting\u201d. \u2018Petty tactic\u2019 Meanwhile, in a post on X, Aseefa expressed disappointment \u201cat the behaviour of acting NA speaker,\u201d terming the move a \u201cpetty tactic.\u201d \u201cIt has become a mockery to constantly suspend the session despite having quorum. Many had heard the speaker was given instructions to avoid my calling attention notice. A very petty tactic,\u201d the first lady said. The New Islamabad International Airport (IIAP) was inaugurated by then-prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on May 2, 2018. In February this year, PPP leader and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Faisal Karim Kundi, in a letter to the prime minister, had requested that the airport be renamed to honour the former prime minister, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. \u201cGovernor Kundi emphasised that the old Islamabad airport was originally named Benazir Bhutto International Airport on June 21, 2008, following her assassination in December 2007,\u201d the report said. \u201cHowever, in April 2018, the Aviation Division renamed the newly constructed airport as New Islamabad International Airport, removing Bhutto\u2019s name,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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