Bilawal Bhutto Zardari demands production orders for MNA Ali Wazir

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday demanded that National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser issue production orders for MNA Ali Wazir.

During a news conference, Bilawal said Ali Wazir’s production orders should be issued so he could attend Friday’s session of the National Assembly.

“The speaker of the House needs to explain himself why no notice was sent to us. How is it that a member of the House was arrested? The speaker needs to explain himself.”

An anti-terrorism court on Monday granted eight-day physical remand of MNA Ali Wazir to Counter Terrorism Department officials in a case pertaining to the recent clash between Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) and security forces.

Three people were killed and five soldiers were injured in a clash between security forces and Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) protesters as a group led by Mohsin Javed and Ali Wazir assaulted Kharqamar check post, Boyya, North Waziristan tribal district.

Ali Wazir was arrested for provoking the protestors to attack the security force’s check post. The MNA was presented in a local court in Bannu.

According to sources Ali Wazir was transferred to Peshawar.