PA passes resolution against agriculture tax

After the resolution was passed through majority vote, the situation turned out to be interesting when Speaker Rana Iqbal inordinately said, “the decision is in favour of No�.
However, he immediately realised the mistake and reverted the statement to ‘yes’. This provided an opportunity to the females, who raised their voice against the decision.
Another motion regarding the formation of standing committees in provincial assembly was also passed with majority.
After the privilege motions, Minister finance Tanvir Ashraf Kaira presented an enquiry report on misbehaviour by District Coordination Officer Mandi Bahauddin with two PPP members Asif Bashir Baghat and Tariq Mehmood “It had been proved in the enquiry that the DCO Wahid Akhtar Ansari misbehaved with elected members, and later he tried to create law and order situation by displaying banners against the elected members in the district through officials. The committee has unanimously decided to transfer the DCO,� Kaira added.
As per Kaira, the Committee comprising Kaira, Malik Nadeem Kamran, Syed Hassan Murtaza and Sardar Mohsin Leghari, waited for the DCO till 7pm on Thursday (yesterday) when Ansari arrived to give explanation.
On Thursday, the PPP MPAs launched a strong protest and demand suspending of the DCO.
Law minister said Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had given assurance during a meeting with him that he would follow the committee decision and the DCO would be transferred.
After completing the business Deputy Speaker Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan prorogue the 10th session of the PA for an indefinite period. He read an order of Governor Punjab Salman Taseer in this regard.