It was after some procedural confusion and argument that the treasury benches endorsed an opposition-sponsored resolution that the house passed unanimously to express its deepest shock over the 7.8-magnitude quake which, according to a provincial government control room in Quetta, killed more than 300 people and injured over 400, mainly in Awaran district, and called upon the government to expedite its rescue and relief efforts in the affected regions.
And then, seeing empty front ministerial benches in the house, Leader of Opposition Khursheed Ahmed Shah blasted the government for what he called its lack of interest in the peoples suffering.
