MNA Riaz Hussain Pirzada drew the attention of the Lower House towards a report appeared in a local weekly magazine, alleging that Mounis, son of Pervez Elahi, was found to having links with some extremist groups.
"Chief Minister visited Britain to get his son's name cleared of any charges whatsoever from British authorities," the ruling party member from southern Punjab said.
Pirzada, who is very annoyed with Chaudhrys of Gujrat these days, wanted a response from the Interior Ministry on the issue.
He said if what is alleged is correct, it is understood who has been involved in sectarian killings in the province (Punjab). "We are victim of sectarian terrorism," he remarked.
At first, no one from the team of ministers rose to say something on the topic. However, when Aitzaz Ahsan and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afghan Niazi had spoken on abiding by the Constitution and rules, the law minister took the floor.
State Minister for Law, Shahid Akram Bhinder rejected the news report, alleging Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi's son had links with some extremist outfits.
Responding to the point of order, Bhinder told the National Assembly that the report was incorrect and baseless.
He said Punjab chief minister was in Britain recently for medical check-up along with Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. After the earthquake hit the country, Shujaat returned home while Elahi stayed back for the check-up.
However, the minister's clarification apparently could not satisfy the lawmaker.
Pirzada raised the issue at a time when reports indicated that he had formed a 'pressure group' of the ruling PML lawmakers, who feel cornered and left out by the Chaudhrys while taking important decisions.
Earlier, the opposition alleged the rulers had no regard for the Constitution or the Parliament, saying President Musharraf's inability to address the Parliament was its glaring example.
While reacting to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Niazi's statement stressing on abiding by the Constitution and the law, Aitzaz Ahsan rose to allege that the rulers themselves were bypassing the Constitution and the Parliament.
In this connection, he wanted to know why General Musharraf was not fulfilling the requirement of the Constitution's Article-56 (3). "The House must know, why he is not delivering address in the joint sitting of the Parliament".
He alleged that the rulers never took the Constitution or the Parliament seriously. Likewise, he said instead of the speaker National Assembly or Hamid Nasir Chattha, who is chairman of the House's Kashmir Committee, a general had been made head of the earthquake relief commission.
The holding of three days' sitting in a week and paying the members for a full working week was the breach of the House and against its dignity, he contented.
He questioned the logic behind convening an all parties' conference, when a multi-party Parliamentary Committee's recommendations were not implemented.
"We make recommendations and decisions are made somewhere else. APC, if held, will be a mere photo session and nothing else," he charged.
The sell-off of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited echoed in the House when MMA's Liaquat Baloch wanted to know why the highest bidder, Etisalat had not made final payment as agreed on October 28.
Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain agreed with MMA lawmaker that Information Technology Awais Leghari should make a policy statement on the matter.
Liaquat Baloch reminded the House that a similar deal was made about the privatisation of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation and later the foreign bidder backed out.
PPPP MNA Nayyar Bokhari alleged that a senior officer of Pakistan Navy was involved in forcible occupation of land for Anchorage housing society.
Kishan Bheel of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) charged that the members of Hindu community were being meted out discrimination treatment in Sindh.
Later, resuming the debate on the post-earthquake relief and rehabilitation, PPPP's Yasmeen Rehman proposed that in order to meet expanses of rehabilitation, defence budget be cut and the work on the new general headquarters in Islamabad be stopped.
"There is no harming scaling down the defence allocations in view of normal situation around the borders," she said.
She flayed the government for not taking the Parliament into confidence on the on-going relief and rehabilitation activities.
On a point of order, Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi told the House that educational institutions in Islamabad had resumed after being cleared by the inspection team, following the massive earthquake.
Aitzaz Ahsan proposed that the contractors of the collapsed officials should be booked and punished for using sub-standard construction material in school and college buildings.
Others who participated in the on-going debate were Sameena Ghurki, Asiya Azeem and Maulana Ahmed Ghafoor.
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is expected to wind up the debate on Tuesday when the House resumes business at 10:am.