National Assembly Opposition Leader Omar Ayub has strongly opposed the changes proposed in various ordinances.

Speaking in the NA, Ayub accused the government of doing a “mis-shift in the law” by changing words — an example he gave was the proposed removal of the word “difficulties” from ‘The Pakistan Postal Services Management Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023’.

Addressing the lawmakers, he asked them if they had read all the ordinances in which changes were being proposed: “Khawaja Asif sahib, have you read? Khursheed Shah sahib, have you read? The answer is no.”

Noting that changes were also suggested in ‘The Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023’, the opposition leader asked which standing committee had read and deliberated upon it. “What [change] is not happening in this?” Ayub asked, referring to ‘The National Highway Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023’.

“They will give the rate to their favourite contractor and leave the country in shambles,” the PTI MNA claimed.

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