LETTER

Akhtar ali
Islamabad
September 25, 2019

The provision for issuing production orders by the speakers of the

national and provincial assemblies and the senate chairman flows
from the rules made by these Houses and not from any duly enacted
act of parliament. The status of these rules is inferior to that of an act
of parliament. An action initiated under an act cannot be halted,
intervened or detracted by or under these rules.
The action initiated against an MNA, MPA or a senator under a valid act should not
be disturbed under the guise of the above said rules. Moreover, the absence of one or
two members from a house will not subvert the proceedings, nor does every member
of the house make useful contributions. Do they not seek usual leaves from their
respective houses,even when the assemblies and senate sessions are in progress? What
input have the members who benefited from production orders made in house
proceedings?

In my opinion the production order system must be done away with.

Aleena rehman

Lahore

Published in Dawn, September 25th, 2019