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‘Make oath minority friendly’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party deputy chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim made a representation in the National Assembly on Wednesday for a more minority friendly oath of office for parliamentarians.

The issue came up when a member from the Hindu community Reena Kumari, who could not take the oath on Monday, was sworn in on Wednesday morning before the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.

The oath requires members to uphold the Islamic system. Mr. Fahim said this was a lacuna in the oath. He told the newly elected Speaker Fahmida Mirza that this needed to be corrected.

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