KP Assembly speaker kills debate on demands for grant, finance bill
(WorldNews Pakistan)

PESHAWAR: Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani applied what in parliamentary parlance is called `guillotine´ to kill debate on demands for grant and Finance Bill, 2019, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Wednesday amid noisy protest by the opposition. The house approved 57 of the total 60 demands for grant and finance bill within two hours after the speaker exercised his powers under Rule 148 of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Procedure and Conduct of Business Rules, 1988, to bulldoze further discussion on the budget. According to parliamentary traditions, the chair takes the opposition on board before invoking guillotine in...