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<b>Pak MPs gifted 100 condoms each</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Islamabad, October10: Male members of Pakistan's National Assembly and Senate received a unique gift from the ministry of population welfare ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr - a packet of 100 condoms.
The move, however, earned the ire of some <b>opposition parliamentarians, who have "taken it as an insult</b>" and plan to take it up with National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussian, the Daily Times reported on Wednesday.

The distribution of the condoms was part of a <b>"bid to encourage population control at the top level", </b>the report said.

"Yes, the condom packs have been distributed among the male parliamentarians. Each MP has been gifted a pack of condoms containing 100 condoms," an unnamed official of the ministry of population welfare was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

A PPP lawmaker, who did not want to be named, said he would take up the matter with the Speaker and "file a privilege motion if need be".

<b>"We are all educated people and know the benefits of contraceptives, but this move is meant to humiliate the MPs," </b>the parliamentarian said.
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