Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf expunged the remarks of Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif about vice chancellors of universities in his budget speech after he tendered apology on Friday. During the National Assembly session, Khawaja Asif tendered apology for calling the vice chancellors “robbers” during the budget speech. He said, “I seek apology for using this word about the vice chancellors. Request that the word be expunged from the assembly proceedings as well.”

The defence minister said that he respected educational institutions and teachers. He admitted that corruption has become a tradition in our country. There is more politics in educational institutions than this House. “In my speech, I was talking about rampant corruption in every field of life. I was talking about it,” Asif said. In his remarks, Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf said that he was not in the House when he spoke. “I did not hear your speech myself. I came to know about it from news published in newspapers. I expunge the word and request all members to carefully select words while speaking on the floor of the House,” he maintained. The speaker appreciated Asif for tendering apology to vice chancellors.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP