PA speaker warns of legal action if Rescue 1122 law not implemented
LAHORE - Punjab Assembly’s special committee met here on Monday with Speaker Punjab Assembly Ch Parvez Elahi in the chair. Law Minister Mohammad Basharat Raja, MPAs Malik Mohammad Ahmad Khan, Sajid Ahmad Khan, Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh, Malik Nadeem Kamran, Syed Usman Mahmood, Nawabzada Waseem Khan, Mian Shafi Mohammad, Malik Jamshed Altaf, Ms Sonia, Secretary Punjab Assembly Mohammad Khan Bhatti and D. G. Parliamentary Affairs Inayatullah Lak attended the meeting. It is relevant to mention here that during the June 17 Assembly session MPA Malik Mohammad Ahmad Khan had presented a privilege motion and Speaker Ch Parvez Elahi had directed the concerned bureaucrats that they should submit a written explanation regarding non-implementation on Rescue-1122 law. On Monday, during a meeting of the special committee the officials concerned apologized for not submitting a written explanation and while seeking extension assured that they would submit written explanation in the next meeting. Accepting the apology, Speaker Ch Parvez Elahi said that if a written explanation was not submitted in the next meeting, legal action will be taken against the responsible officials.