MNAs trade blames on Atta shortage

ISLAMABAD: The ongoing flour crisis in the country dominated the Thursday’s proceedings of the National Assembly as the treasury and opposition benches indulged in the blame game over the crisis.After a call attention notice moved by the opposition members on the shortage of flour in the market, the House debated the issue for more than one hour on points of order in which most of the speakers from the treasury benches reminded the opposition members of the flawed policies of the previous government which caused severe atta shortage. The opposition members blamed the government for making the commodity costlier instead of controlling its price. However, members of the treasury benches challenged the opposition members belonging to the previous government whose policies created flour shortage in the country.Speaker after speaker from the treasury benches reminded the opposition members that the flour crisis was a ‘gift’ of the policies of the Q-League government and demanded that former Prime Minister should be held accountable for this. Interestingly, no one from the opposition benches defended the previous government on the issue. Earlier, replying to a call attention notice Minister for Youth Affairs and Culture Khwaja Sa’ad Rafiq told the house that flour shortage was the result of mismanagement of the previous government.