Recalling that the struggle had taken four years, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi thanked the opposition benches for voting in favour of the "historic" bill.
Referring to Imran Khan's speech — in which the PTI chief had brought up rigging, money laundering and the Panama Papers case — the prime minister said he did not want to divert attention from the landmark bill by talking about unrelated matters.
"Imran Khan should not have touched upon controversial matters today," he said. "Today, we [parliament] have proved that consensus can be formed [on issues of national importance]."
"Our effort — all our efforts — should be to have consensus on all national issues," he added.
Khan, who had addressed the parliament right before Abbasi, had also congratulated parliament on coming together despite the differences between the ruling and the opposition parties.
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