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SLAMABAD: The government has cancelled a planned parliamentary delegations visit to India, National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza told the house on Wednesday.
She gave no reason for the cancellation about which she said she had been informed by the government.
But the announcement came immediately after opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced the withdrawal of a lawmaker of his PML-N party, Ayaz Amir, from the delegation to protest against what he called humiliation of Pakistani cricketers by their exclusion from the third edition of the Indian Premier League this year.
The opposition leader also said his party would not join any delegation visiting India in the future until India changes its attitude and called for a Pakistani ban on any sports interaction with India and a complete ban on showing Indian films in Pakistan.
Law and Justice Minister Babar Awan denied the opposition leaders charge that the government was following former president Pervez Musharrafs policy of perceived appeasement with India and said there could be no peace in the region without a solution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with UN resolutions.
But PPP member Nadeem Afzal Chan dismissed Chaudhry Nisars remarks about India as a mere rhetoric, saying then PML-N prime minister leader Nawaz Sharif was toppled by Gen Musharraf in October 1999 because of his policy for peace with India.
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She gave no reason for the cancellation about which she said she had been informed by the government.
But the announcement came immediately after opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced the withdrawal of a lawmaker of his PML-N party, Ayaz Amir, from the delegation to protest against what he called humiliation of Pakistani cricketers by their exclusion from the third edition of the Indian Premier League this year.
The opposition leader also said his party would not join any delegation visiting India in the future until India changes its attitude and called for a Pakistani ban on any sports interaction with India and a complete ban on showing Indian films in Pakistan.
Law and Justice Minister Babar Awan denied the opposition leaders charge that the government was following former president Pervez Musharrafs policy of perceived appeasement with India and said there could be no peace in the region without a solution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with UN resolutions.
But PPP member Nadeem Afzal Chan dismissed Chaudhry Nisars remarks about India as a mere rhetoric, saying then PML-N prime minister leader Nawaz Sharif was toppled by Gen Musharraf in October 1999 because of his policy for peace with India.
DAWN.COM | Front Page | MPs? India visit called off
