Thimarafushi MP Abdulla Riyaz has withdrawn his question to Tourism Minister Ibrahim Faisal about the islands that would be brought to operation in the tourism sector within the next five year.

Minister Faisal was scheduled to be questioned at the Parliament session today.

MP Riyaz's question was to find out which islands in Th. Atoll would be developed and made operational within the next five years.

However, at the start of today's session, Speaker Mohamed Aslam said that MP Riyaz has withdrawn the question to the Minister. As such, Speaker Aslam said the question cannot be proceeded at the Parliament today.

Speaker Aslam said that withdrawing the question after an MP has set an agenda to ask a Minister in Parliament would take away the opportunity for another member to ask questions on the same day. Therefore, if a member withdraws the question he wants to ask the minister, he should be careful to withdraw the question before making the agenda.