Pakistan, June 24 -- The on-going session of the National Assembly has witnessed several unprecedented actions. Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri's ruling on Sunday that Imran Khan cannot be called a "selected prime minister" on the floor of the House is but one of such actions.
Interestingly, the ruling came on a point of order raised by Minister for Energy Umer Ayub Khan who suggested that the phrase is a breach of privilege of public representatives. The deputy speaker was quick to come up with his ruling and sternly dealt with Opposition members who tried to argue against it.
On the face of it, it is a nice ruling. Parliamentarians should not fall back to indecent and loaded language in the House. But it seems that both the minister and ...