ISLAMABAD: Lieutenant General (r) Abdul Qadir Baloch staged a walkout from the
house when
Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani lambasted him on giving justification regarding the appointment of forme
r chief of army staff general (r) Raheel Sharif as commander of the Saudi-led alliance.
States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Minister Abdul Qadir Baloch, after getting permission from the
Senate chairman, stated
that neither Pakistan nor Saudi Arabiagave any policy statement regarding the appointment of former COAS Raheel Sharif to avoid any controversy. Hearing this, the
Senate chairman said he “knows better how to run the
house,” adding
that no one needs to interfere in the matters of the respected
house.
After thi
s Abdul Qadir Baloch left the
house in protest.
