ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Friday sought an explanation from the Ministry of Finance and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) over the non-submission of replies to questions in the House.
During the Question Hour in the National Assembly, the Speaker noted that answers to three questions related to the finance ministry had not been received and asked Minister of State for Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani about the matter.
He directed officials of the Ministry of Finance present in the House to immediately contact the ministry and the FBR and submit a written explanation for the delay in providing the replies.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq also advised lawmakers and ministers to keep their questions and answers brief during Question Hour and Calling Attention Notices so that more questions could be entertained.
He urged members to limit supplementary questions to 30 seconds or one minute, while directing ministers to avoid lengthy explanations and policy statements and instead give concise and relevant answers.
