Opposition to protest; walk out during President’s address

 ISLAMABAD: Opposition parliamentary parties have decided not only to protest, but also to stage a walk out during President’s address to the parliament, Geo News reported.  Sources told that a meeting of the opposition parliamentary parties’ chiefs Maulana Fazlur Rahman, Aftab Sherpao and Professor Khurshid with the leader of the opposition in the chair Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was held here, a few hours before the much talked about President’s address.  The meeting decided not only to register their protests, but also to stage a walk out during the speech of the President.  On the top of it, it is worth mentioning here that the ruling PPP ally MQM has also decided tactically delay their attendance in protest against the persistent target killings in Karachi and the failure of the government to take any action despite promises.  Besides, MQM also didn’t attend the prime minister’s luncheon party this afternoon and stayed away by holding separate meeting to finally decide that they would be attending the joint session of the parliament a bit late expressing their annoyance.