Senators stage walkout over ministers absence

Senators stage walkout over ministers absence
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The members of the ruling coalition staged walk out from the Senate session on Friday to protest absence of the ministers in the upper house. the Senate session began with Chairman Senate Farooque H Naik in chair. Ministers of PPP, ANP and JUI staged a walkout against absent ministers while the member of FATA staged token walkout against very little compensation to the heirs of those who were killed.FATA senator Abbas Khan said that the heirs of those killed in Karachi carnage have been given lot more amount as compared to FATA affectees.Meanwhile, talking to media, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned against non-registration of seminaries and added that people would not be allowed to work.He noted that around of 20,000 only 17,000 seminaries have been registered and warned to shut the remaining 3,000 seminaries for non-registration.Raza Rabbani has presented his recommendations to the Parliamentary Committee, due to the absence of some of the PPP ministers, members of the coalition parties and some members from PPP walked out.
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