ISLAMABAD: Three main opposition parties of Pakistan have jointly submitted a notice to the National Assembly Secretariat drawing attention of the legislature towards the government’s plan to build a third airport near the federal capital, in Rawat.
The notice submitted by the Pakistan People’s Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has been signed by five MNAs Imran Zafar of PPP, Ali Raza Abidi, Muzammil Qureshi and Salman Baloch of MQM and PTI’s Ali Muhammad.
“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while chairing a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Aug 23 proposed construction of a new airport for Islamabad in Rawat, the southern side of Islamabad, ignoring an under-construction airport in Fatehjang which has been named after Benazir Bhutto and is about 75 percent complete,” said MQM’s.
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