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ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties in the Senate Friday expressed its concern over attack on the president.

Wali condemns

ANP leader Senator Asfand Yar Wali while speaking on a point of order expressed concern over the attack on President Musharraf and said the Opposition condemns the incident.

He said before the SAARC summit the incident with the head of state is regretful. He said we should not under estimate this incident and the security agencies and the government should take effective measures for protection of lives and property of the people.

NA Censures the Bid

The National Assembly condemned suicide attack on the motorcade of President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday at Rawalpindi terming it 'a worst example of security lapse'.

Mehnaz Rafi, a member of PML (Q) presented a resolution in National Assembly to condemn the incident in which suiciders made an attempt on the life of the President. The National Assembly passed the resolution unanimously and condemned the attack terming it a terrorist activity.

She said the attackers were not Muslims because, 'No any Muslim can commit such an activity as terrorism in any form terrorism is not allowed in Islam.'

The government should take this attack as serious threat and those held responsible for this heinous crime must be taken to task as lesson for others, she said.

Amin Fahim Censures

The Parliamentary Party leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (Parliamentarians), Makhdoom Amin Fahim also condemned the suicide attack and criticized 'the role of agencies responsible for security of the President'.

Nisar says Attack: Security Lapse

On a point of order, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan who is also acting President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) also condemned the attack terming it 'a security lapse and inefficiency of responsible institutions'.

Call for Production Order

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan made a request to the Speaker National Assembly for issuing production order of Makhdoom Javed Hashmi and Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali.

He said that, 'the House will be incomplete if both the detained members belonging to PML (N) were not produced in the House.' He made request to the Chair for promise to issue Production Orders according to rule 90 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the National Assembly.

Qazi Terms the episode 'an eye-opener'

The acting chief of the MMA, Qazi Hussain Ahmed also spoke on the occasion and termed the suicide incident not only condemnable but an eye opener for every one.

Talking about Production Orders for the presence of two PML (N) Members in the National Assembly, Qazi Hussain Ahmed said, 'Issuance of Production Orders is part of the Parliamentary precedents and Custodian of the House must continue this precedence to promote democracy in the country.'