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Nov 06, 2013 09:38 pm views : 1725

Opposition holds its own senate session in the open outside parliament.

 opposition holds its own senate session in the open outside parliament.

span style="line-height: 22px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Pakistani opposition lawmakers held their own session outside parliament to protest a disparity in figures for civilian casualties in US drone attacks and terror strikes.

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span style="line-height: 22px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The lawmakers set up a tent at grassy ground outside the parliament where they held the “session”. The session was attended by 32 lawmakers.


span style="line-height: 22px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The opposition lawmakers said they would discuss a 10-point agenda during their "session" outside parliament, including interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan's "attitude".

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The interior minister recently said 2,160 militants and only 67 civilians were killed in span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">US drone strikes. However, the figures were contested by opposition parties and rights groups. 


He said the opposition did not have any other way but to hold a session outside parliament. 


span style="line-height: 22px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Senator Rehman Malik said they had adopted democratic way to protest and that was not an extreme step.

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span style="line-height: 22px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Senator Aitzaz Ahsan said the decision to stop NATO supplies needed to be taken other than emotions.

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span style="line-height: 22px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">He said the decision by the KPK government would be viewed as rebellion.

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span style="line-height: 22px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The open “session” of senate adjourned till 11 O’ clock tomorrow.