Parliamentarian served cockroaches during meeting

A member of the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services (NHS) found not one, but two cockroaches, in his plate while he was chowing down on some snacks during a meeting.

On Monday, Additional Secretary NHS Hashim Popalzai went into a shock when he found that there were live cockroaches in the food that he was eating. Ironically, Popalzai was having a health-related discussion with other members of a parliamentary committee when the incident took place, completely changing the course of discussion of the meeting.

After the roaches were found in the food, a discussion began regarding the quality of food being served and how unhygienic the catering company was, from where food was being sourced. The committee chairman then said that that insects being found in food will not be tolerated and that he will take up the matter with Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani.

Meanwhile Popalzai later recounted how he found three cockroaches during the meeting.

“I picked up my sandwich and saw there was a cockroach under it and there was another under the samosa. A third cockroach was on the table, near my plate though I don’t know if that roach was already on the table or was on my plate before,” he said.

He said the committee chairman, Senator Sajjad Hussain Turi, wrote him a note, asking if the cockroaches were alive or cooked, to which he had replied that they were alive.

“I was not feeling so well after the incident and could not have tea. I just had some water but checked that the bottle was properly sealed. I have decided I will not eat during meetings of parliamentary committees,” he said.

When the catering company was asked to make a comment on the incident, the management shifted the blame to Capital Development Authority (CDA), claiming that they had asked the authority to fumigate the parliament building as it was infested with insects and rodents.

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