Keamari gas leak: MNAs Qadir Patel, Ali Zaidi bicker as cause remains unknown
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: A war of words erupted on Wednesday between PPP lawmaker Abdul Qadir Patel and Maritime Affairs Minister Ali Haider Zaidi over the Keamari gas leak that left at least 14 people dead. During a meeting of the Standing Committee on Maritime Affairs, Zaidi briefed the members on a report pertaining to the Keamari gas leak, following which he andPatel exchanged heated words with each other. The PPP lawmaker, who represents the NA-248 constituency, or Karachi West-I, said he was hoping for the federal minister to provide the reasons behind the Keamari deaths. “The government has failed to ascertain the reasons of the gas leakage,� Patel said, to which Zaidi shot back,...