ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties have decided to boycott the coming parliamentary leaders meeting called by the federal government over the National Action Plan (NAP).
Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif in a letter to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the opposition demands the government to give a briefing to all lawmakers of the house rather than a selected few leaders.
Earlier, in an invitation letter by Qureshi, all opposition parliamentary leaders were invited to attend the briefing schedule on March 28.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said Pakistan’s position would have been different if the country had carried out the timely implementation of the National Action Plan.
"With timely NAP implementation, India wouldn’t have any basis for accusations against Pakistan and Pakistan would have evidence to present about the steps taken by the country against extremism," Bilawal said in an interview with BBC Urdu.
Tensions between Pakistan and India have been high following the Pulwama attack in occupied Kashmir. India without any proof blamed Pakistan for harbouring militants behind the attack.
Speaking about his party, the PPP chairman said, everything was being done against his party and the constitution was not being followed.
“From the time of Ayub Khan to the era of Zia-ul-Haq, our political party has heard, that accountability first and then selection. The 90s were all about political engineering,” Bilawal said.