ISLAMABAD; After a delay of 10 days, the National Assembly (NA) session commenced on Monday but deferred discussion on the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2021, commonly known as the mini-budget, to focus on the Murree tragedy that resulted in at least 22 tourists losing their lives.
The session, chaired by National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, was supposed to take up the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, seen as a key condition to revive the $6-billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
However, it was reported that the agenda of the session was modified to discuss the incident in Murree, while the finance bill would be discussed on Tuesday.
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif lambasted the government for the Murree tragedy, saying that the incident was a result of the government incompetence and administrative negligence.
“The government only knows one thing, which is to engage in vindictive politics,” he…