The senator came down hard on the government, saying that it was so inefficient that it has miserably failed to control the menace, which was eroding the very national foundation of the country like termite. "If the government could have controlled rampant corruption, the desire of late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto of Roti, Kapra aur Makan might have been materialised long ago...it is the government, due to which the country is engulfed in corruption from top to bottom," he regretted.
Senator Farhatullah Babar said the statement issued by NAB chairman was contrary to the facts. Initially, the NAB chairman said there was corruption of Rs 7 billion but later it enhanced to Rs 10 to Rs 12 billion. He said that the report consists of just one and half page and termed it incomplete and not based on facts. He said that the lack of wealth tax in the country did not imply corruption, adding that wealth tax had been abolished by law.
Currently tax to GDP ratio is 9 percent but it can be enhanced to 18 percent, so it costs the government Rs 7 billion and count it in corruption. Baber accepted that there was corruption in the country but determining its magnitude was very difficult. "I think that there may be some valid reasons in NAB chairman report on the basis of which action may be taken but there is nothing."
Zafar Ali Shah told the house that if there was nothing in NAB chairman claim then action should be taken against him. The Senate chairman said that NAB chairman had introduced a new definition of corruption. He said the matter should be referred to concerned standing committee for proper investigation.
Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Zahid Khan said politicians were being insulted by declaring as tax evaders. He added that tax returns filed by generals, judges and owners of media houses should also be revealed. Khan said when they asked for some information from chairman FBR, he replied that data cannot be provided but all such data was shared with media. He suggested that finance minister should be called and he asked which parliamentarian has not submitted tax return. If a parliamentarian don't have any source of income, what he will submit. The ANP Senator asked the House to avoid defaming parliamentarians by giving such incomplete reports.
Minority Senator Heman Das drew the attention of the House towards the killing of a spiritual leader of the Hindu community in Mastung area of Balochistan. He claimed that through well-planned conspiracy minorities were targeted in the country in the recent past. "Hindu girls were kidnapped and were forced to change their religion while in other case the girl was kidnapped and rapped," he added.
Other minority senators also protested against the killing of a spiritual leader of the Hindu community in Mastung area. They called for immediate arrest of those responsible for the killing. They said large numbers of people from the country's religious minorities had migrated from Sindh and Balochistan during the current government as a result of the unsafe conditions they were living in. Later chairman Senate Nayyar Hussain Bokhari adjourned the session till Monday 4pm.